Day 1 final piece

For my final piece i wanted to make a guitar, one that looked like it had aged over time and had been battered down but still kept its meaningfulness to the owner, like it represented the owners feelining through the wear of the guitar along with the look and the lyrics i would use on the scratch plate and the lyrics i would put on to the strap.

So to start off i had a crate that college gave me as it would be used for scrap, then i would use a hammer, drill and crowbar to pry the crate apart, this was not working so i had a look at my measurements and had a word with my tutor. We then decided that we would just be able to cut the lats off the crate on the band saw, this would save me 3 days work at least and would prove to keep the wood from splitting or getting damaged where as if i were to keep trying to pry it apart it would take forever and would probable split the wood.

After cutting the lats out of the band saw we then realised that the lats would not actually be wide enough for me to get a clean cut with space for error just incase i cut into the guitar shape or cut too close. So we then used the electric hand saw to cut lats from a larger crate as the larger crate would not fit under the band saw. This gave me more accuracy with my view and stability with movement. 

After cutting out the lats to make 3 layers of wood which we needed for the depth of the guitar body, we then had to use the plainer. This machine is used to sand down wood to make it even when laid face down as well as giving it a smooth finish. On the 1st layer we only sanded down the glueing side as i wanted to keep the woods old and battered finish to add to the look of the guitar i was going for. The middle layer we sanded down and plained on both sides as it needed to be a level and smooth serfqce for the wood to rest on evenly and for the glue to work properly. The top layer which would be the face of the guitar body would be only sanded on the back like the bottom or 1st layer s i wanted to keep the look of the wood to add to the aged and worn theme.