Back and Side Prep

So first things first. Gluing the back plate together. There are a number of ways of doing this, I go for the clamps and wedges approach which like all the rest works very well.

Then to the sanding machine. I'm lucky enough to have one next door that I borrow time on. The first few instruments that I made I thicknesses all the plates by hand so I'm time severed you could say, it takes an age.

Here is the back and sides ready for the next steps.