Build Process Photos

A project log for Mountain Dulcimer

Another stringed instrument build

The Big One • 11/20/2017 at 15:06•0 Comments

Below is a (somewhat) chronological listing of photos I have taken throughout the build process, starting from the resawn, book-matched cherry for the top + back, all the way to the end.

Lots of pictures, click 'read more' to see them all.

Resawed the board to get bookmatched top / bottom

Installing kerfing

First part of fretboard inlays - the vines. Used veneer after cutting the fretboard with the scroll saw.

Gluing the headstock in place

Preparing the inlaid leaves. I first added veneer as the vein patterns on the leaves themselves, just like I did to make the vines on the fretboard.

After each leaf had veins on it, I inlaid each leaf onto the fretboard at the correct location.

Added fretboard binding

Reinforcing the sound holes

Gluing the top on. A bicycle inner tube cut about 1/4" wide makes for a very long elastic band.

Fretboard completed, with finish and hollow cut out

A couple of beauty shots

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