help gluing top to 2 surfaces

[jordan_frerichs]

i am trying to figure out how to remove the most weight from my next project. it is a neck through. the idea i have is to glue the solid core and bottom to the center, then route it out almost completly, and glue the top on. the problem is, the to will have to be glued to both the top of the hollowed core, and the neck through. i think i will make the neck through area raised , like a thunderbird. just wondering how to properly gle it to 2 pepindicular faces at once.

[BenitoBassolini]

If you're going to make the neck raised, why not just top the wings and leave the neck showing?

[jordan_frerichs]

the plan is to leave the center laminate showing. i just need to know how to glue and clamp the top piece so it glues correctly to the side of the neck laminate, and to the top of the hollowed core.

[eleonn]

Why dont you just glue first the top to the hollowed and then the wing/topto the neck?

[BenitoBassolini]

Originally Posted by eleonn

Why dont you just glue first the top to the hollowed and then the wing/topto the neck?

yea that's basically what I was going for.

[jordan_frerichs]

yeah. that is the backup. i am worried about the integrety if i hollow all the unneccisary parts. i am worried that it will crack when i clamp it. i figured that gluing the wing to the neck, hollowing it, then gluing the wing tops would be safer. i want to hollow out all of the core, exept for a 1/2-3/4" ring on the outside edges, and the parts that will be contoured. do you think making a wing that hollowed, then clamping it to the neck (using cutoffs for clamping cauls, of course) will go just fine? also, i can't decide how thin to make to top flamed maple. i have a 1/2" worth of wood space for the top and the back laminates. I want the purpleheart accent to show well when the edges are rounded. do you think 1/8" back of flamed maple and a top of 1/4 purpleheart, then 1/8" inch flamed maple will do? to thin or thick on the maple? btw the core wood will me cherry, or mahogony.