I went back to my lumber supplier and chose another piece of maple that was far better looking than the first one and went back to shop to try to catch up.
I book matched the top and glued it onto the body and let that dry over night again.
The next day I set up the duplicator again and carved the top of the body.
The picture above shows the guitar body after going through the duplicator and having the initial profile carved into it. The binding channel was routed before going into the duplicator. The binding channel around the cutaway was not routed yet. After the body was carved I sanded it with 80 grit paper on my random orbital sander being very careful to not let any flat spots develop. The picture above was taken after only about 5 to 10 minutes of sanding.
I then made a jig to rout the neck pocket at the correct angle.
The neck pocket fresh from the jig.
You can see the steps in the pocket caused by the collar in my router. My bit was not deep enough to remove all the wood so I had to take it out of the jig for the final few passes. I will clean it up with a chisel when it comes time to fit the neck
