Guitar Building, Kumiko and Other Stuff

1)  Prototype Baked Bean Tin with Lego drive   2)  Improved Prototype mesh drum with Lego drive     3)  Currently roasting using this design Mesh drum with DC motor drive 4) Roast profile example.      5) Bean Cooler      6) Next roaster. It is a new design concept with stationary drum & moving vanes compared to current design of rotating drum.               (Update Oct) Working on the proof of concept.            - Beans are to be evenly roasted          - Beans are to be completed ejected when cover is opened                         

 3D print the frames Assemble the framework. Add the strips

2024 Woods for Top & Bottom Plates Picture from right to left Top plates : American Red Cedar, Edelmann spruce Bottom plates : Rosewood, Black Walnut Rosettes 3 different rosette designs were built using veneers, choose 2. Black (ebony), White (maple), Red (padauk), Brown (rosewood)  Mounting the rosettes American Red Cedar (L), Edelmann Spruce (R) Using a scrapper to flush the rosette

#01 to #06

Size Body length 423mm, Upper bout width 230mm, Waist width 197 mm, Lower bout width 330mm, Side 80mm 580mm scale Top Englemann spruce 141.3g Back Khaya  Sides Khaya Neck Sapele Bridge Padauk 149g Fingerboard Teak Based on Torres FE19 Shaping the heel. The headstock The brace pattern Cutting the soundhole Gluing the braces Top and back braces Top frequency profile, 221 Hz Back frequency profile 105 Hz Bending sides with hot iron Cased up Paduak bridge Marking off teak fingerboard, 580mm scale length Ebony fret markers Shaping the neck after mounting the fingerboard Ready for French polish Paduak bridge with bone saddle and 12 hole bone reinforced tie block French polishing ...