Day 19 - Make bridge caul and close the box

I cut squares from plywood to fit into the lattice

I glued a single piece of plywood to the squares.

I measured a rough size of a classical guitar bridge onto the plywood and cut the caul to size on the band saw.

I thinned the caul so that it would be able to fit into the guitar through the sound hole.

I sanded a radius into the caul to match the radius of the sound board.

The bridge caul will be used later when I need to glue on the bridge so I will have something on the inside of the guitar to clamp the bridge to.

I marked where to cut channels in the sides for the top to attach and cut the channels so that the top would fit flush with the sides.

I glued the kerfing on both sides and clamped the top and back to the sides.