Big announcement coming later this week about this young lady.
Damariscotta, Maine
Beautiful day here in Maine.
Progress
And here is the result of all the glue-ups described in the last few posts.
Attaching The Case Back
Last clamp picture for now, I promise. The last step in assembling the case is to attach the back. The top and side edges of the back are rabbetted to fit into rabbets in the case sides and top, and the back is let-in to the case bottom. Hard to describe, but the rabbets in the case and case back allow for any visible exposed edges to be concealed by rosewood edging, which will be the next thing to tackle. I'm using a piece of plywood and large blocks as cauls to evenly distribute the clamp force, and cardboard to protect the front of the case.
Coping With The Stress
And the last major case glue up. This was the stressful one, lots of joints to get adhesivized, aligned and pulled tight. I was a bit unhappy about one minor misalignment. Okay, highly agitated. But the misalignment is so small, maybe a few thousandths. I'll cope.