So now it was time to beef up the guitar body and make it all hold together like a guitar body should be. I had roughly cut the mahogony end blocks and made them to specification further as per my plans. I then did a dry run with the two sides to cut down the ends so they matched perfectly in the middle against the end blocks. I then glued them together.
ADDING THE KERFING
Kerfing can be bought from a luthier supplier and gives the body structural integrity. It is a flexible strip of wood, made from mahogony in this case, with triangular shaped sections that you glue on to the edges of the sides for as the skeleton of the guitar body; it also joins the sides to the front and back pieces, as well as serving as a frame for the binding. It's easy to break the kerfing, but it tends to happen especially around the middle of the side bends and isn't the end of the world really. As long as you can still glue them in the right shape. I glued mine like this, clamping them simply with clothes pegs, but with a couple of stronger clamps for the mid-section:
