A little more glue

I did a little more gluing on the frame.  Tomorrow I will try and cut the top and bottom, and get those glued on.

A Little Glue

I routed the edges of the case yesterday at lunch.  Today, I started on gluing up the case.  I got one side done at lunch, and then had to go back to work.

I also received the hinge a day or two ago.  There appears to be something amiss.  Thankfully, Amazon is shipping out another to replace this one.

Test Fit

Did a test fit at lunch today.  It's looking good.  Just need to screw the top to the base.  Not sure if I have screws that are the right length.  I may have to go out and get some.

Almost there

Getting closer.  I didn't get to do a final fitting, but I think it should be good.

For some reason I could not fix the rotation on this one without jumping through a few to many hoops, so I left it sideways.

Making progress

Router Table Build

As part of the guitar case build, I want to use a router table for some of the steps.  I had one that Hurricane Katrina took out.  I never got rid of it assuming I might be able to reuse the hardware, and the base was fine.

Decided to go to Lowe's, and see what I could find that looked flat and cheap.  

Cutting some slots for the fence to run on.  No pictures of me balancing the board in one hand while working the drill press with the other, but I did drill out a good bit of the channel before starting to route.

Clamped a board to give me a straight line.

Needs to be cleaned up a little.

But it works.

Guitar Case #1

The new semi-hollow guitar is too large for most pre-made guitar cases, so I decided to build one.  I looked at a few online to base this off of, including one buried in one of Scatter Lee's builds.  After seeing someone else asking about an odd sized case, I thought this would be worth doing a build thread on.

Quick drawing of the dimensions for the case.

Some 1/4" plywood that I hope has two sections large enough to use the the top and bottom.  We will see.  I have not measured or inspected too carefully yet.

A few pieces of poplar I picked up at Lowe's to make the case out of. 

My fancy jig.  Easy, quick way to make sure I get the lengths close to the consistent.

Clamped together so I can sand the edges, and get the pieces actually even in length.

One of my helpers doing a little sanding.

My other helper.

And a quick check to verify that the guitar will fit.

Electric Violins coming up

Now that the Semi-Hollow guitar is complete, it's time to get back to the violin project that started at about the same time as the guitar.

It is finished!

I took another 1/8" off of the feet on the bridge, and raised the bridge pickup a little, and it is done.  I will need to glue the nut in place next time I change strings, but that is minor.

And closer

I routed a channel in the bridge for the piezo, and it took another 1/8" out of the height.  Action is getting closer.  Playable, but not quite right.  I have another 1/16th" to 1/8th" to go.  I will probably have to un-solder the piezo so I can get the base of the bridge off of the guitar to sand the feet down.  Seems like the best place to get the height out.

Getting Closer

I've managed to get the nut close to complete, and the bridge is a little lower.  I think I'll be able to take another 1/16 or 1/32 of an inch off of the nut.  The bridge is going to require a little more surgery to get down to a decent height.  I did string it up, and play it last night, and it is at least in playable shape.  The action is just too high.