[QUOTE=Bobc] Russell I used to have a spreadsheet that I got from Mike Doolin's website to do just that. I bought a new PC and forgot to save the link to his website and the excel file. Maybe someone else still has the link.[/QUOTE]
Are these the ones?
Doolin Theory
Doolin Spreadsheet
A way that I use is to take the braced back cut to shape and put it in my go bar deck held down in the middle. Then I make up a long strip of paper (I use stiffish poster type paper) about 3" high that will go around one side of the back. The next bit probably requires a helping hand to hold and keep pressure on the paper. Wrap the strip around on side so that it is perpendicular to the back (as a side would be) and using a half pencil follow along the back where it meets the paper marking, with a mark at the neck block centre point and at the tail block centre point. You have to be a little careful where there are braces at the end - keep the pencil flat and leave gaps here you can fill in by eye when the paper comes off. This gives a profile you can cut out and use on the side or you can use it to make a more substantial template. If the guitar has a cutaway you'll have to make a template for each side.
This method gives a pretty good approximation that you can fine tune by shaping the sides roughly and using the back to get a perfect fit. Then you can make a full template from the sides.
Hope this makes sense/helps.
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De Faoite Stringed Instruments". . . the one thing a machine just can't do is give you character and personalities and sometimes that comes with flaws, but it always comes with humanity" Monty Don talking about hand weaving, "Mastercrafts", Weaving, BBC March 2010
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