New Fixture

Over the weekend, I built my new fixture out of 3/4" MDF. I also found out that the template I used to trace out my original top and fixture was not accurate and was too large. This means that the top that I have been working on isn't going to be the correct size. It should be o.k. because it is just a little large in a couple of places and I can just cut it down to size. With my new fixture built, I was able to bend the long side with the scroll. I ended up getting a little split in the scroll area and kept going. Once I had the scroll shaped right, I continued bending the long gradual bend around the instrument. I got a little ahead of myself and cracked it again. I figured since I had gotten that far, I should just go ahead and put it in the fixture and figure out how bad it was later. When I took it out of the fixture the next day, I was able to sand to the bottom of the split so all was not lost. Here is a picture of all of the sides in the fixture. The next step is to cut out the tail block, head block, and the point blocks. Then I will be ready to glue the sides together.