I need to have something to clamp the planking laps, and I need lots of them!

I decided to use a simple compression clamp, like a big old fashioned clothespin. These are the blanks in mid preparation.

Finally! The work that I'm doing is now part of the actual boat!

First plank on. From here on I can prepare and hang about one plank per side per day.

Some of the nice things about scarfing the plywood joints plank by plank instead of panel by panel, is that you can lay out each section for minimum waste, only small sections to plane, and clamping short glue joints easily. Also with such limited amounts of work space its much easier to work!

What do you do with a perfectly nice Bocote headplate on your guitar neck when you decide to trim your gutiar with Ziricote?

Why, you make up a Ziricote headplate.

And plane the Bocote one off.

Then glue the new Ziricote one on.

And sit back and enjoy.

Shaped and glued on the back braces for the L-00, then started shaping them. One small glitch in the otherwise very nice plans that I am using: the width is given for the back braces, but not the height! So I had to do some sleuthing, and decided to use 15mm.

What I did find during my research, is that I'd really like to try a ladder braced Gibson L-1 style guitar.

And got the back glued on.

There were some lovely shavings this week. This one is nice.

Time to make planking patterns. Finally!

A 20' panel of 1/4" thick by 4' wide plywood is ungainly, at best. So I made up some basic patterns from long strips of cardboard, transferred the shape to the plywood, then cut the plywood out oversize.

As you can see, I have plenty of room to work in. Its a real luxury.

Clamped in place I can trace the actual shaped from the ribbands, then refine them.