Here is the mahogany back cleaned up and ready for the top.
Courtesy of Rick Toone (he graciously gave a bottle last time I visited), I am now using Gorilla Glue for most gluing jobs and it works very well.
Maple top under pressure.
And the finished result.
Next up: Swamp Ash back with Wenge top.
Same procedure again. I am planning on rounding the edge on this top rather than using binding, so here are two samples of radii:
2 mm and 4 mm radiuses.
The two bodies waiting for routing of pickup holes and control cavities.