Back Assembly
After the backs are joined together and trimmed to the profile of the instrument, the back graft is glued in place. Here a maple back is shown on the go-bar fixture with the back graft (light color), and the clamping caul (masonite).
Below the back is shown with the go-bar clamps.
After the glue is dry, the graft is shaped. I tape off each side of the back graft for protection and use a block plane and a bull nose plane to rough shape the graft and sanding to final shape.
Next the graft is cut out for the back bracing, and the back braces are glued in the go-bar fixture
