Top and headstock plate

Before I glued the top on the body I had to make the braces and glue them on the backside of the top. I made them out of spruce. The rough shape is chisseled out and after that I used my disksander to smooth them. The disksander I resently got from my father who made it him self.

The braces are glued just under the sound hole and fan out to the sides. I do not have pics of the clamping but this is the end result.

The sides with the neck attached to them:

I prepared the mold to have calmps build-in but I decided to use my spool clamps instead.

 The result:

The last thing I did this week was make and glue the headstock plate. I made it out of zebrano like the body. I first made sure the headstock was level with a sanding block. The glue was then applied to the headstock and with some masking tape as hinges the plate was glued to the headstock. With a wooden block under the clamps the clamping pressure is spread out evenly across the headstock.

After the clamps where removed it looks like this:

And the total picture:

The headstockplate and the top still have overhang which has to be removed in later stages of the build.