i posted this elsewhere so i am just going to replicate it exactly as i did there here. if anyone has any advice as i go along please chime in. thanks!
I just want to preface this with I haven't worked with any kind of wood, glue, etc. since probably High School 20+ years ago so please, please bare with me
I was going to try to wait until after I was done with the build to post up what I wound up doing but of course as I get into this I have more questions than answers so here goes. Hopefully someone will be kind enough to chime in and help me out as I go.
My build is an Irish Bouzouki kit. Not many people selling them online that I could find so one can pretty easily find out where I purchased it from if need be.
I have some pics as I go along on my regular camera but for now I have a couple of question pic from my phone to start with...
1.
When I lay the sides down on a flat surface 1 side is straight but the other is bowed as shown in the pic. Should I worry about this now and try to sand it flat or should I just go ahead and glue to the tailblock and sand it later then glueing the top/bottom?
2.
The tailblock and the sides don't match up fully. As you can see in the pic the end do not touch freely. Do i worry about this or should i just glue it and make sure i have 2 clamps on each half of the tailblock/side? does it matter if the joint doesn't fully match up and there is some space at the end?
3.
the bottom edge came slightly crushed in the packaging as shown in the pic. this should not matter right. i will wind up taking off this excess when i join it to the heel right?
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