Go bar deck assembly from a sheet of 3 4 plywood cut six pieces each 2 feet x 2 feet.
Go bar deck construction.
The second part of the equation is to press it all into a disk with the correct radius but that s not todays problem.
There are no critical dimensions involved in the construction of the go bar deck but if you want to use commercially available dished work boards 2 in diameter and commercially available go bars 2 long it is best to keep all dimensions at 2.
Once the body is finished and it is time to glue and clamp the top or back of the guitar to the sides the upper deck will be raised about four of five inches to give room for the guitar body without over bending the fiberglass rods.
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It flexes a little but it doesn t matter.
The peices being glued sit on the bottom and the flexible go bars bend to apply pressure by pushing against the top.
When clamping braces on the front or back of the guitar the upper deck is set about two feet above the lower deck.
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The basic idea is that you apply vertical pressure using rods usually fiberglass under tension.
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A go bar deck is an open sided box with a plywood top and bottom.
A go bar deck is a low tech clamping solution using the spring tension in dowels in this case to position and hold parts while glue dries.
Now you could just use lots and lots of expensive clamps with many cauls but most luthiers use what is called a go bar deck.
We can take care of all your decking needs from wood decks to composite decks.