The fan braces have been glued to the underside of the soundboard and now their ends are scalloped with a chisel.
A small plane is used to shape the braces along their length so that their cross section is parabolic.
Not shown was the gluing on and shaping of the two harmonic bars. Here the completed soundboard is being glued to the neck, which was assembled earlier.
The sides were thicknessed and bent earlier and now they are fitted to the neck/soundboard assembly.
A tail block is fitted and glued to the ends of the sides and to the soundboard.
After the sides are joined to the soundboard with triangular glue blocks (peones) the back edges of the sides are tapered towards the heel, and back linings are glued to the edges to provide a wider surface for gluing on the back. ("May 2014" shows when the exterior mold I'm using was modified.)
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