Hi all, It's been a while since I've posted a question but I need a bit more clarity on defining the scroll on an F-Style. I am currently carving my first F-style top. I am using StewMac's plans, Siminoff's book and YouTube videos as reference material. What I am a bit confused about is the scroll area. Looking at the side of an F-Style it appears that the sides increase in width near the top of the scroll although there is no indication of sides going wider at that point. On the StewMac plans it shows the scroll height but the side thickness indicated is 1 3/8" and says the top and back thickness is greater at the scroll. It appears that the curved headblock is wider in that area, but it looks like the binding "sweeps" up in the scroll before the sides connect to the headblock. That would seem to defy the convention of binding hiding the top/side seam.
Part of my confusion comes from starting with a top of 3/4" of an inch and carving it down quite a bit. So, a side question...does anyone start at a top thickness of, say, 5/8" or so. Once I got the top profile close, the scroll was very proud of the top. According the the StewMac plans, the scroll is maybe 0.4375"(7/16) at it's height. I hope I am not being to obtuse here. I like accuracy and have accurate measuring tools I just want my own efforts as close as I can get them. Thank you for your patience in reading. I appreciate the forum and the info that is shared. Truly a blessing.
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