Building the Back
This is the back, after I have glued the two halves together, with the back inlay strip sandwiched in-between. Before gluing, I had jointed the inner edges of the two halves, using my hand jointer (described on my Jigs page). Then I glued the inlay strip, with Titebond, between the two halves, clamping it from both sides with nails tacked into the workboard at the outer edges of the back halves. A wood strip protected with waxed paper was clamped over the inlay strip.
