Teardrop fiddle build #4: The Plates

Really like this series! Following with interest!

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Are you going to hand plane the assembly, or electric sand?
Resawing has always been a difficult task for me, never works out well, even broke a bandsaw blade once. Hand sawing isn’t any better, I usually end up with one usable board out of the two.
Is there enough material there in that glue up for a top and bottom?

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Really like this series! Following with interest!

- Serradura

It’s good to have you along for the ride!

-- Ni faru ion el ligno!

Are you going to hand plane the assembly, or electric sand?
Resawing has always been a difficult task for me, never works out well, even broke a bandsaw blade once. Hand sawing isn t any better, I usually end up with one usable board out of the two.
Is there enough material there in that glue up for a top and bottom?

- Oldtool

Because I brought it home, I ran the plates through my thickness planer. If I had stayed at work, I would have tried very hard using just the planes I have there.

I used a table saw to do most of the work and yes, the center surfaces end up very rough.

There is enough material, though the mahogany could have been an inch longer for security. It’s just long enough!

-- Ni faru ion el ligno!