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Cut This Template From The Sheet of Paper and Use Spray Adhesive To Attach To A Piece Of Plexiglas or Lexan. (Keep Protection Paper On The Plastic.) Cut Out The Top Outline Precicely To This Outline And Sand To The Line Edge With A Spindle Sander If Available. Next Use a Sharp Scratch All Or Other Sharp Instrucment And Mark All Of the Brace Ends Clearly Into the Plastic. Chuck Up A 1/16" Drill Bit In Your Drill Press And Carefully Drill A Hole Through All Of the Brace Ends

Drill 12.7mm (1/2") Diameter Holes Around Perimeter Of Form Insert. All Holes Shall Be Tangent To Outside Perimeter Of Ukulele Shape. Holes Shall Be 12mm 1/2" Deep. Typical For Both Sides Of Form

With Brace Ends Dirlled And Brace Centers Scratched Into The Surface Of The Plastic, You Now Have A Very Long-Lasting Top Template And Top Brace Marking Template. Knock-Off The Edges Of The Plastic Slightly To Prevent Injury And Damage. Note That The Lexan Will Be Harder To Sand And Will Scratch Easier, But It Is Very Durable. Plexiglas Will Crack If Dropped On Your Shop Floor.

Drill Holes Through Brace End Intersections - Be Precise

Headstock Trim Goes On Top Of This Line

Use A Sharp Scratch All Or Other Sharp Instrument And Mark All The Brace Ends. These Are Shown With The Small Circle At The Centerline Intersection Once All The Holes Have Been Drilled, Remove The Paper Protection From The Plastic.

Drill 19mm (3/4" ) Diameter Recess Into Side Of Form For 8mm x 88mm (5/16" x 3-1/2" ) Carriage Bolt. Recess Should Be 12mm (1/2")Deep Max.

For The Brace Intersections, Take A Sharp Pointed Tool, Like A Scratch Awl And Mark The Centerline Of Each Brace Clearly Into The Surface Of The Plastic.

Form Insert Template

Do Not Cut The Soundhole Out. Only Mark The Center And Drill Like The Brace Ends.

Make (2) of These (The Second One Would be Mirrored) for the Heated Side Bender Form Insert.

Notch For Nut Here

Headstock Template

Neck Thickness Only Is Shown (No Fingerboard)

This point starts at the center of the tail block for reference point one. 21

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Head Block

The dashed lined represents a straight line drawn from The neck block to the tail block. As you can see, if you would trim your guitar sides to this line you would have a lot of reforming to do.

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Each of these light lines represents a reference line 1" or 25.4mm apart

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Tail Block

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Center of Lower Bout

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Center of Waist

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Center of Upper Bout

Note: The depth of this template represents the total depth of the guitar, which includes the top and back plates. You should subract the dimensions of these 2 plates from your template when you finalize the dimension or your guitar will be deeper by that amount. 30 29 28 27 26 25

Neck Template

Top & Brace Locator Template

Classical Side Contour Template

Heel Contour @ Body

Top Thickness Allowance

Back Arch Contour

Classical Back Arch Template

Allowance For Guitar Sides To Slide Into Slots On Each Side Of Neck Stock

Center Template On Brace And Mark Out Contour.

Note For Detailed Construction Instructions Refer To Our Book "Guitar & Ukulele Construction Handbook @ http://shopglss.com This Drawing or Drawings Are To Used For One Use Only And Not Reproduced For Any Other Purpose Than Construction Of This Particular Instrument, and a One Time Reproduction Only is Allowed Reproduction, Distribution or Sales For Any Other Use Is Strictly Prohibited And Falls Under U.S Copyright Laws For David VerBurg AIA c 2013 This Sheet Size Is Metric A0 Size Overall Size is 1189mm x 841mm With 15mm Borders On All Sides. For USA Customers Print On Architectural "E" (36" x 48") Without Resizing For 1:1 Printout.

Georgia Luthier Supply

Classical Guitar Plan #3

Date: Feb. 2010 Revisions: Dec 13, 2013 Unless Noted Otherwise, These Plans Are Drawing Full Scale. They Are Labeled in mm and Fractional Inches

Sheet Number

C5