French Bass full restoration

[Matthew Tucker]

Father's Day here. Bacon and eggs for breakfast ... and a day in the workshop!

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Here's another reason I feel the half edging is necessary on this plate:



The wood is brittle and knotty in spots all around the edges; this is a weak point, has cracked before, and even to plane it down I need to wet it down and use a very sharp blade.

Here it is after thinning the edge carefully, and a piece of repair spruce that looks like a bear wiped its backside on it. Other than the staining, it's fine repair wood!



You never have too many clamps.



After the glue has dried the edges are carefully trimmed and blended into the original top shape, and then thinned to the original 8mm. Sounds easy, eh!











Next job is the soundpost patch.