{"id":463,"date":"2013-11-12T19:11:49","date_gmt":"2013-11-12T23:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danharrisdesign.com\/?p=463"},"modified":"2013-11-12T19:11:49","modified_gmt":"2013-11-12T23:11:49","slug":"shaping-and-refining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danharrisdesign.com\/?p=463","title":{"rendered":"Shaping and refining"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Once I had my basic shape I cut out the top and bottom of the body and then started shaping the neck. \u00a0I discovered that I had to be careful because the mahogany is much softer than the maple or ebony- it is easy to trim more mahogany than ebony, leading to flat spots on the neck.<\/p>\n<div data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":1,\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/danharrisdesign.com\\\/?p=463\"}' id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-463 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/danharrisdesign.com\/?attachment_id=464'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/danharrisdesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-09-21-18.37.00.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/danharrisdesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-09-21-18.37.00.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/danharrisdesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-09-21-18.37.00.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/danharrisdesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-09-21-18.37.00.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" data-attachment-id=\"464\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/danharrisdesign.com\/?attachment_id=464\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/danharrisdesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-09-21-18.37.00.jpg?fit=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;QCAM-AA&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1039348800&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;2.95&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2013-09-21 18.37.00\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;body shape cut&amp;#8230;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/danharrisdesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-09-21-18.37.00.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" 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data-image-title=\"2013-09-21 18.37.44\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;combined with maple top- but not yet glued&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/danharrisdesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-09-21-18.37.44.jpg?fit=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/danharrisdesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-09-21-18.37.44.jpg?fit=525%2C700&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-465'>\n\t\t\t\tcombined with maple top- but not yet glued\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/danharrisdesign.com\/?attachment_id=466'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/danharrisdesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-09-21-18.38.08.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" 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