So now the soundboard has been glued on the shell. This proved to be a bit more difficult than I had expected, mainly because the soundboard is cut out a bit oversize and trimmed after gluing. I guess I made my overhang a bit too much as the stress from the tapes holding it in place caused it to crack in two places. I believe it is still structurally sound as the cracks are right near the edges and I applied enough glue to fill in and re-glue those cracks. Overall I learned a lot from this step and am OK with how it is turning out.
Here it is cut ready for the fingerboard and fingerboard points but not yet trimmed.
Here is a closeup with soundboard trimmed. You can also just see one of the cracks at the lower left.
The whole soundboard with trim. It is starting to look like a real instrument! I'm not far from needing strings!
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