Made a bit of progress today! The top is finally glued to the sides and as you can tell from the photos; clamps seem to be somewhat important.
The top is glued but I still need to finish replacing/sizing the kerfing that was chiseled out yesterday. I need to add "patches" to the sides to prevent cracking at the major stress points. These will be about the thickness of a popsicle stick and somewhere between a 1/4 and 1/2 inch.
Reinforcement strip for the back of the body...yes, more clamps...
Closer look - you can't tell from the photo but this strip is actually a thin strip cut with perpendicular grain glued to the back.
Tomorrow hopefully:
- Glue and complete the cross braces for the back
- Attach patches to the side
- Finish the kerfing for the top
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