It should work out fine, just so long as you can remove those pins (nails?) as you go.
You want to get your neck and tailblocks in which will involve pulling some from the inside, then once that's dried up you can remove all the inside ones, add linings and get a top (bottom?) on it before removing it from the workboard. Your biggest headache will be ensuring you don't glue it to the workboard as you add the blocks at each end.
Good luck. It is a valid approach, I've seen plenty of guys building lute like things on a workboard like this, especially in older documentation
There is so many things here thats just not going to work but good luck with it. You need to make a form the shape you want and soak the wood in water over night. Clamp it in the form until it dries completely and hope it stays in shape when you take it out. The form is the hard part.
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You see in my form where the neck mounts is straight and on yours its not. That is very important and you need more bend in the sides for elegance.
http://www.cigarboxnation.com/photo/rooster-form?context=user Not something I was going to share but here is how I make a rooster.
You want to get your neck and tailblocks in which will involve pulling some from the inside, then once that's dried up you can remove all the inside ones, add linings and get a top (bottom?) on it before removing it from the workboard. Your biggest headache will be ensuring you don't glue it to the workboard as you add the blocks at each end.
Good luck. It is a valid approach, I've seen plenty of guys building lute like things on a workboard like this, especially in older documentation
Here is a form I have used. Just another method.
Looking at your past work I think you should be able to grasp the concept.
There is so many things here thats just not going to work but good luck with it. You need to make a form the shape you want and soak the wood in water over night. Clamp it in the form until it dries completely and hope it stays in shape when you take it out. The form is the hard part.
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