Preparing A Spruce Wedge Set For Gluing

[ozziebluesman]

Hi there to you all,

Recently I bought a AA Spruce, Archtop Wedge set from Stew Mac for my latest Archie project.

I was wondering how do you prepare a wedge set for joining? (The wedges are not flat either)

Cheers

Alan

[rocket]

Hi Allan, firstly determine which is the outer face of the set, then run the wedge through your band saw with the inside down on the table but only take off the bare minimum, just enough to create a square edge between the back of the wedge and the joining edge, then you have a starting point with which you can creat your joint.
Rod.

[rocket]

Further,, While you are fitting the centre join check the inside face of the plate with a straight edge so you can get that surface as flat as possible, even if the wedges are cupped a bit you can still choose the best line you want the two halves to take. Then once you've made the join and glued up, it shouldn't be too difficult to plane that inside surface nice and flat so when you lay a straight edge on each , they are nice and parallel with each other.

Rod.

[ozziebluesman]

Thanks Rod, that's the advise I was looking for. The wedges are cupped and that was my concern. I think the centre 40mm seams are close to square so that is a plus.

Cheers

Alan