Cleaning up the control cavity

The body is rough cut to shape from the band saw.

A shot of the back shows that it is a 3 piece mahogany body.

I used a template and router template bit for the contoured control cavity, however I free handed the ledge for the control plate.

At this point, I pretty much may have forced myself into custom making a control plate, because I have read on the internet that sometimes the control plates that you can buy don't match the plans.  I also tried to clean up the edge with a dremel and found the bit was getting pulled into the wood.  I will clean it up with a chisel (once I get my sharpening stones that are on order).

The body at this point weighs 4 lbs, 7 oz (which is slightly more than my son weighed when leaving the hospital).

It was at this point that I decided to go ahead and do the chambering for weight relief.

I'm guessing that the guitar with this body would come in around 9 lbs or so.