Thanks all, I'm very gratefull for all the replies. I made it my new years resolution to finish that web site. Still need to put some pictures of finished instruments up, and a few of myself as well. Maybe some sound clips. And gather a few more testimonials. I'll just have to put aside some time, I guess.
Width of scroll is 100 m.m. I think it's much more common to glue the back on first, then the front. I just couldn't wait to glue something together at that point. Couldn't wait to get the ribs off the mold, either. And I put off carving the back till last. ( carving it as we speak)
I'm actually going to remove the front, after the back is glued on, to reinforce the break from the inside. I'll glue the back on with the break bent in place, but just "hanging there" with out any backing.
Lately, also, I've been removing my fronts, after being strung up in the white, to tweak any areas that I think will improve sound. I don't find it a bother, and I like going that extra mile, to get things right. The extra tweaking, two or so times sometimes, seem to help the players "grin overtones" in the upper range around four thousand happyhertz
