Spokes of Sound: Milling Boards

A Sapele (African Mahagony) board 6 feet long, 10 inches wide and 8/4 thick was used to begin the process of building the body for this new design. It was milled and cut into three pieces. Two of which will be the body (flip-matched) and one which was resawn for the back plate (book-matched). The tools used for milling were the radial arm saw, joiner, planner, table saw and chop saw. Then straight to the glue-up table to be joined. I have found in the past that if you dont glue the freshly milled boards together the wood may change shape on you forcing you to mill them again. Then after the glue was dried, the design was transfered to the wood plates and they were cut out with the band saw. The top of this guitar will be made from a nice piece of flamey Mirtle, which is still in its rough form. (2.5 hrs)