The bottom, or inside surface of the top
plate, is now flat and smooth. Only the
eventual perimeter edge bottom surface will be untouched in the finishing process.
All the rest of the wood will be carved away to reveal the Stradivari pattern final shape and graduation.
Here, I have glued the above flat bottom surface of the top plate to a support plate made of plywood.
The plate is then attached by gluing the support plate to the violin plate wood with 1/2" diameter manila folder paper 'dots' (I make them two layers deep now) with bottled hide glue. You can see the remainder of past gluings 'dots' on the support plate (on left) (back wood shown in this photo.)
You can see the 'glue dots' in the plastic bag. I pre-punch these with a hammer and a 1/2" diameter hand punch.
This is the number of clamps I use to secure the two together. Let it dry overnight at 70* F. temperature or so.
Here is the router table assembly after removing the clamps.
Modified 9/ 2017
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