Tasks:
1. Saw off and then sand off excess soundboard and back
2. Route out a groove for the purfing on the edges

3. Bend purfing on heated pipe and glue on
Progress after day 10:

Tasks:
1. Chisel and sand out the braces for back
2. Glue in the bracing pattern

3. Chisel the braces to an arc

4. Clean inside the guitar

5. Glue on back
Progress after day 9:

Tasks:
1. Shape the back
2. Glue in tail veneer for the side joint and sand

3. Glue braces for saddle

4. Chisel the braces to an arc

5. Glue on soundboard

6. Route out the shape of the back

Progress after day 8:

Tasks
1. Join Indian Rosewood backs together
2. Route sound hole and shape of the soundboard

3. Chisel and sand out the braces for the soundboard (This creates the slight upward bend in the soundboard as well as gives the guitar is tone).

4. Glue in the bracing pattern

5. Chisel out the groove at the bottom of the side joint

Progress after day 7:

Tasks:
1. Plane off excess material to level off both the sides
2. Glue of knerfing (the wood material that gives strength to the sides as well as a shelf to glue on top and bottoms pieces.

3. Shape fretboard:

Progress after day 6:

Tasks:
1. Drill holes for tuners
2. Match sides and saw off excess

3. Cut side grooves on heel
4. Plane top of heel
5. Create bottom block for joining sides

6. Dry fit sides and neck with bottom block, adjust if needed, and finally glue.

7. Shape bridge

Progress after day 5:

Tasks
1. Cut neck to thickness and width
2. Shape heel with rasp (Amazingly this week a ton of time)

Progress after day 4:

So far since my foot is still healing from the Hampi biking incident, I’ve been unable to go swimming. Because of that fact I’ve been delaying renting a scooter. You really need one to get from one beach to the other. Just to walk from Baga Creek where I’m staying to the main town takes [...]