LMI OM Kit Guide
01. The Kit Arrives
Nice Wood, One little Glitch ...
Hardly anything in life is perfect, except your children ... for awhile. So it is with things made of wood. Ordering a kit with some of the work done for you, like the bending of the sides, makes it
02. Sides in An Adjustable Mold
An Idea Many Could Use
For this kit, I’m starting out with the Adjustable Guitar Mold, from KMG (Kenneth Michael Guitars). To see an alternative molding method adapted from Stewmac’s kits, click here.
The Adjustable
03. Gluing the End Blocks
Some Choices Can Be Made
Starting with this step, you’re actually building! Applying glue to wood always seems to me as if it’s the first real step in building the guitar. I use LMI Instrument Makers White Glue, rather that
04. An Alternative Type of Mold
Adapted from the Stewart-MacDonald Method...
Some people don’t trust this kind of mold assembly, thinking it is not rigid or exact enough for building a guitar, but I’m not one of them. I’ve built four guitars using this system, and every one
05. Measure and Cut Ends of Sides
Measure Twice, Cut Once
Regardless of the mold you use, the sides must be measured and cut. It is easier with this mold than with the other, but basically the same operation with both. The goal is to cut the sides so that
The quest continues to survey kit-guitar building. This covers the Luthiers’ Mercantile Orchestra Model Kit. (NOTE: I’m building two LMI kits simultaneously—one with the KMG mold, and the other with the FoamCore molds a la Stewmac. Steps are shown for both.)
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