Saturday, January 25, 2014

Headstock Ramps

I chiseled the ramps on the nut end of the tuner slots today.  I used tape to draw the lines because its hard to see pencil marks on the wood.
Here are two different views after the carving was complete.



I've also started thinking about an inlay for the headstock.  I think I'll do just a letter A (for Atkinson), but I'm still trying to determine a font to use.  I think I'll just do a plain jane letter A because it will probably be easier, but I'm also looking at other fonts also.  I've got a sample cut out of 1/16 thick basswood.  I think a light inlay with the dark mahogany head will look good.  I'm going to practice doing the inlay on a piece of scrap wood first so that I don't mess up my head doing it for the first time.

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