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CBG #5 Soundholes

Posted by Nathan King on August 20, 2009 at 3:45pm
I hate carving soundholes. And yet, with every build, my soundholes get more and more difficult! The P was a tough one, just carving away the material. When I started the W, I discovered the RotoZip. This powerful tool cut out the W in about ten seconds. Follow that by about 60 minutes worth of smoothing and fine tuning, and that soundhole was DONE!I'm hoping Phil gets a kick out of this... after all, how many of us ever had an instrument with our initials for soundholes?
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  • Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates August 21, 2009 at 6:33am
    I was cutting my sound hole and had to extend the diameter by 1/8". _Barely_ enough to put in the hole cover. Rotozips follow the grain and have a tendency to grab when the grain changes.
  • Nathan King August 21, 2009 at 1:19am
    What happened Wes?
  • Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates August 21, 2009 at 12:13am
    Be careful with a rotozip. It will get away from you in a flash. I outta know.
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