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Originally Posted by ckissick View Post
Nice work. It reminds of building guitars. A go-bar deck is a good alternative to weights or multiple clamps:



Also, to join the two halves of the top or bottom of a guitar, I built a jig that uses large rubber bands to exert the pressure. I don't have pic of it. Both methods are used in lutherie because they're very fast and easy.
Thanks! I’m actually familiar with both process from having built acoustic and electric guitars. The go-bar system wasn’t a good choice to attempt to glue the six 1/8” pieces of ebony side to side (three per floorboard). I used the rubberband method when binding my Les Paul that I built.
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