Making an Archtop Guitar: Part 4 - Carving the Top

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In this video, I am carving the top of an archtop guitar and attaching it to the sides that were made in part 2.

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[stephentool]

When carving the "face" part of the top, why not use a router, the way a Les Paul Standard top is carved? Not criticizing, I'm just wondering. Best top carving video I've seen. Very detailed.

[thisisdumbfor]

Another otherwise fantastic video largely ruined by loud, intrusive, and unnecessary music.

[michellek]

Amazing. Thank you for sharing. I wondered what plane you are using. Thanks

[JasonQuackenbushonGoogle]

why don’t you join the top before planing the corner flat? is it to help with the clamping?

[mattier]

Oh love the washer contour trick for bracing

[lewiskay]

What thickness do you aim for with ur tops?

[warner]

At 12:55 he has a little tool he clamps to the drill press so he can make the press stop for an even mark for carving. Does anyone know what that is?

[MrBruneaux]

Great work! I am always amazed about the rcafting skills involved in making a guitar. I am not a luthier and do not have any experience in such work at all, but to me it looks lik you are performing many of these tasks manually with less advanced equipment I have seen in comparable videos on youtube. One question particularly to carving the top: Did you use any kind of template available from existing archtop guitars to shape the top accordingly. It looks, as if you were doing it simply by gut feel or experience. Thanks and looking forward to upcoming videos about the Archtop. Greetings from Austria