Welcome to Crimson Guitars null and Ben's home workshop. In this episode, Ben bites the bullet and attempts to bend the sides to sharp angles without breaking. This involves carefully cutting, but not all the way through, chiseling a bevel. Then using hot water, clamps, and wedges to dry the piece into shape. By the end of this episode, if nothing breaks, Ben might just attach the sides to the back... #travelguitar #acousticguitar #luthier #guitar #guitarbuilder You asked and Ben will deliver...our eccentric (read insane) Luthier will be building an entire guitar out of a single piece of Mahogany! With hand tools only...maybe! Chapters 0:00 Introduction 0:52 The Plan for today 1:41 Let’s get cutting 2:12 Sharpening a chisel to cut the bevels 3:39 Light trick to see if Ben has cut deep enough and consistently 6:44 Which would you choose - Simple or Convoluted? 9:09 2nd cut - smaller angle = less of a bevel 10:29 How do you measure something so small? 11:06 Time for some hot water and bending 12:51 Using a bending jig - is this cheating? 15:19 Changing the angle 18:14 First bend done and clamped in place to dry for gluing 19:45 First bend dry and ready for glue - declamping 21:23 Making some ‘not technically’ kerfing… 24:07 Time for glue and …clothes pegs… 25:15 It’s all coming together - let's bring in the back piece 26:11 Using a hand plane to clean up the sides 26:21 Dampen the end grain to make it easier to cut 27:49 How to fit all these pieces together 28:54 Figuring out the break angle 31:29 Creating the neck pocket 33:19 Cleaning up the kerning 34:07 Gluing and shaping the neck pocket 36:10 Gluing the sides together, finally 37:03 Declamping… chiseling - a little more tidying up to do 40:22 Conclusion Check out our new Discord server for Guitar Building Goodness here https://discord.gg/N82ZFTzAJ6 Join this channel to get access to the perks: null and don't forget the Luthiers Question Time Podcast, available on all good platforms or through this link https://luthiersquestiontime.buzzsprout.com/ Ben's livestream camera setup includes: the Blackmagic ATEM Mini Pro, Prime Cameras (Front facing and over bench) Canon EOS 250D, suspended from the ceiling (bench side) Canon EOS 90D, and on the movable tripod a Canon M6 Mark II http://www.cameracentreuk.com/crimson Music used in this video from Epidemic Sound | Track - Showed Me How to Heal (Instrumental Version) - Victor Lundberg https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/31qosr/ ___________________________________________________________________________________ We'd like to thank our partners for helping to make this video series possible. Triton Tools - http://www.tritontools.com/en-GB ISOtunes Bluetooth Hearing Protection - http://bit.ly/36YmKro Wagner Meters - https://www.wagnermeters.com/ Leatherman - https://www.leatherman.co.uk/ Workshop Heaven - https://www.workshopheaven.com/ Support us by supporting our Partners, and at the same time get yourself a great deal with ISOtunes. Use code "CRIMSON10" for 10% OFF with this link: http://bit.ly/36YmKro ___________________________________________________________________________________ WEBSITE: null VINTAGE TOOL SHOP: https://bit.ly/3oA8uQK Luthier’s Tools & Supplies: null Guitar Building Courses: http://bit.ly/LuthierySchool Kit Guitars: http://bit.ly/KitGuitars EXTRAS channel: https://bit.ly/3gQmul1 SOCIAL Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/crimsonguitars/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/CrimsonCustomGuitars/ Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/crimsonguitars OTHER Ben's Vintage Tool Shop - https://vintagetoolshop.com/ ___________________________________________________________________________________ Thank you again for all your support, we really, really appreciate it! – Ben Stay tuned and stay awesome! ___________________________________________________________________________________