Finicky work, but it will save time, and spare me potential grief when I am cutting and fitting the wooden ‘ribs’, or (as I often think of them) strakes.
These will be about 1.5 mm thick.
I can use both the mould and templates to make a second lute, and no doubt a third….
. . .or fourth, fifth, etc–such exacting work must reap its reward.
Yes, the mould and templates can be used to make both six- and seven-course Renaissance Lutes….
Look like the owl and the pussycat might find a welcome vessel in this lute.
I left this comment at 12:35pm not 3:05am!
But who knows….you might have been inadvertently commenting from another time zone!
Greetings Craig. Exactly – my job is to make it water-tight, and ship-shape….