I proceed on to making the braces from the blank.
A good question now arises: saw or split?
Splitting brace from the blank isn't exactly easy.
I try to split one from an Englemann spruce blank but Englemann spruce are very prone to twisting (run out) so I didn't get anything usable from the splitting.
So instead I saw the braces from the blank and let the saw follow the natural saw line.
So I did get bigger on one end and smaller on the other but that's alright I can plane them flat.
I colored the ends to see the grains better.
After planing I got all my braces
Following that I began to size them accordingly for the 7 fan braces, 2 traverse brace and 2 closing brace and the side braces beside the sound hole.
I had to square the end and use the shooting board method to square them.
I use the aluminium bar as a stopper.
Quite accidently I actually plane the aluminium bar.
The A2 plane iron is definitely harder than the Al bar.
Here are the pictures.
I need to trim the braces.
I weigh the top and all the braces it's a hefty 300+ g...
Typical traditional fan bracing top should be under 200g probably close to 185g to 190g.
A classical double (composite nomex) top weighs about 120 or so.
Next to come will be the gluing of the braces watch out for it.
But before that I need to build my go-bar deck.
I cut the braces to size and lay them out on the top.
Also I trim down the height to about 5 to 6 mm 1st.
More will be trim to the final height of 3 mm
Also I cut the donut soundhole reinforcement to size.
I was deciding on along grain or across grain orientation but decide to follow my previous across grain.
I weigh them the whole top is about in the 220 region.
More weight to removed considering I have not cut the harmonic bar to size and trim down the braces.
But I have not add the 2 support braces beside the soundhole yet.
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