Sofa so good!

Looks great! Nice work. Can’t wait to hear a sound clip. The inlay at the end of the fretboard was a good call.

Also, let’s see that chisel.

Snow, you are getting GOOD, my friend! Congrats!

Why do you cut the scoop under the back braces to clear the center reinforcement strip?

In my ignorance I’m assuming there’s no marked weakness created by the scoop like that.
I see it as a simple way to get that brace over the strip. I can make that joint, but I’m not certain there is a reason TO do it.
It’s a quick trip to the oscillating sander, plus I kinda like how it looks.

Now, all this said, if there is a reason not to do it that way I’m certainly open to rebuke:)


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Structurally, taking that scoop out has to weaken the brace to some extent. I don't have the engineering background to wow you with calculations to prove it, but many years of building furniture says you are introducing some short grain that you don't have to. I don't bother trying to do any sort of fancy lap joint for this. I just glue the braces down and cut the reinforcement strips to fit between. It's not that hard and gives you a clean look without risking any weakness in the braces.

All that said, the hour-long video from Goodall shows where they do something similar to what you are doing, though they are being really fussy with the fit of that joint.... so you can always disagree with me and point to them as the reason why I'm wrong

I really like the proposed inlay for the end of the fretboard and may steal that concept for my current build. Nice guitar!

Looking good Snow! I love the soundboard, looks so woody.

Pat

It’s TOTALLY made out of wood!!


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Like, totally wood? That's totally awesome!

Pat

Snow.

Your craftsmanship is excellent and so are your design skills, in my opinion. What's not an opinion is whether your scoop in the back braces might be a structural issue. It certainly is and you can check me on that. Removing a relatively tiny bit in height has unintuitive consequences.

Thanks. I’m a noob and I may need to look into that.
I realize that it does take away from the structural integrity of those braces of course. The question is: does it matter?

The back isn’t under stress as much as the top. Although I’m sure some

If I were to notch the inside strip I would also be removing material (not quite as much)

I wonder by removing those scoops what kind of failure I’m inviting... especially if there is a back strip glued in.

Any help in thinking through this is welcome. I just want to build better guitars:)

My big question is.... does it matter in the scheme of things (outside of some extreme occurrence)

I think I’ll start another thread on this, as it may get some more attention


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