Post #14 - Rear bracing progress

I set up a fence on the band saw and ran the spruce stock to rough cut the back brace pieces.  Each piece was then leveled on the drum sander.  I used a 25" fiberglass radius template to draw a scribe line on each piece.  It was then on to the belt sander to radius each piece to the scribe line. 

Here are all the pieces after the belt sander.  

The next step was to form the cross-sectional radius shape.  I started with a block planer to knock down most of the corners and form the general conical shape.  It was a nice day outside, so I set up the bench outside to avoid accumulating interior saw dust.

Here is a finished "wider" rear brace for the lower bout. 

Here is one of the upper bout "narrow" braces before radiusing.

Here is the same brace after initial radiusing with the block planer.

Here are the finished pieces.

I went ahead and installed the back center interior brace.  Need to wait overnight for the glue to dry.