Oopsies

I haven't posted in a while and as of late I feel a bit discouraged from the progress I've made so far. I've take a few pictures of the mistakes I've made. Titebond glue proves to be a tougher adhesive than I had imagined and sets pretty fast. So is Jen right after all? Is my future as a guitar maker over? Will I be limited to just an Ikea furniture put-together-er??


Here's the first mistake. What you see is a pretty noticable gap between the sides held together by the end block. This was the very first step in putting this guitar together and it definitely shows a noobie mistake.




Here's the 2nd mistake. This is a picture of the kerfing bordering the back end of the sides. Kerfings are suppose to provide a platform enlarging the area of contact between the top and back to the sides. They're suppose to extend about 1/32 inch above the sides on either end and then file them down to the right size but as you can see in this pic, they're uneven.... another clamping fault.


Here's the last mistake I'll show for now. Its another picture of the kerfings but from another perspective. In an attempt to follow the curves of the sides of this guitar, I was unable to flatten it flush to the sides. So after the guitar is all done, you'll be able to look through the sound hole and see this ugly, ugly sight. I blame this contorted disfiguration on ineffective clothes pins and my fat fingers!



Above is a picture of what good kerfings should look like, of course without leftover glue residue on the right. All in all, I'm looking over these pictures now and it doesn't seem all that bad but believe me, they look much worse in real life. But I have to finish. Can't let a girl's banter get the best of me. Gotta find the will to get past to the next step...

Oh, by the way, does anyone want this guitar?