So I finished the front panel for White Noise
I wish I had remembered to bring my camera to the woodshop. I had to use some less common tools for a part of this process. I enlisted the aid of a reputable luthier (violin builder) in west Provo, by the name of Hokansen.
I had 1/4 inch wood that I cut out 12 & 5/16″ by 13 & 3/8 to cover the entire front panel. This involved a saber saw and a drum sander. Measuring it was the hard part.
Then I came home and began the process of covering the wood in the last of my white vinyl.
First, here’s the wood on top of the vinyl.
I started by cutting the sides of the vinyl off until I had about 3/4 of an inch left, then I cut the corners off.
Then I cut a hole out in the center of the vinyl and began pulling portions of the vinyl back around the edge of the hole.
I continued til I had all of those little tabs pulled back.
I noticed then that the vinyl wasn’t stretching tight around the edge of the circle, so I went back and made each of those tabs half the width.
And this is what it looks like now:
