Thanks for the advice SmilingDog! I'm going to try that X-acto thing on my next build. If you look very carefully at that sound hole you'll see that the edge closest to the bottom of the photo actually is ripped out. I used sandpaper to make it less obvious. When I cut out my fancy shaped sound holes with a coping saw, I tend to turn the blade around that the teeth cut from the outside of the box to the inside. The inside tends to splinter like crazy. I just clean that up w/ sandpaper, but the outside still looks pretty.
I find there are a few techniques to ensure the cut is clean without ripping the edge of your cut. One I've used is to carefully trace the sound hole with an exacto blade. How do you avoid the saw from splintering along the edge of you cut?
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Thanks for the advice SmilingDog! I'm going to try that X-acto thing on my next build. If you look very carefully at that sound hole you'll see that the edge closest to the bottom of the photo actually is ripped out. I used sandpaper to make it less obvious. When I cut out my fancy shaped sound holes with a coping saw, I tend to turn the blade around that the teeth cut from the outside of the box to the inside. The inside tends to splinter like crazy. I just clean that up w/ sandpaper, but the outside still looks pretty.
I find there are a few techniques to ensure the cut is clean without ripping the edge of your cut. One I've used is to carefully trace the sound hole with an exacto blade. How do you avoid the saw from splintering along the edge of you cut?