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Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Preparing back, alder uke

Latest endeavour to raise quality in glueing process are these scrap
pieces put in place with CA glue. They might prevent slipping. I put
them on during a dry run, so fit is exact.

Batch forming...

I am quite pleased with the overall appearance and progress. They do
get better, the latest to reach this stage has less blemishes.

Still a few to go before they're perfect perfect. Now I'm at good
perfect.

Back braces

First night in the shop for more than a week, work has been intense at
my office. Anyway, can you see the arching of the sides and braces? I
put the back braces in to make sure everything fits, and it helps
keeping the sides parallell. Glueing the back is easy this way.