OK, finished up the top bracing.
Here are the rest of the laminations glued in on the braces
The A-frame upper braces and the upper cross brace are not laminated, but are solid wood
Here are the A-frame braces being glued
Before I glue the upper cross brace, I need to rough profile the laminated braces. I do this with a shop modified router bit that tapers the sides of the braces
![Image](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v68/whitespruce/guitars2/cococombrac11.jpg)
Look closely to see the slightly tapered cutter
Here is the result
![Image](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v68/whitespruce/guitars2/cococombrac12.jpg)
The brace intersections will get cleaned up later by hand
After shaping the A-frame braces, I glue in the upper cross brace
![Image](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v68/whitespruce/guitars2/cococombrac13.jpg)
Notice that there are cutouts to let the A-frame braces pass under the upper cross brace
Next I do more brace shaping, sloping the brace heights and cleaning up the intersections
Then it is on to rough sanding and fine tuning until they look like this
![Image](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v68/whitespruce/guitars2/cococombrac17.jpg)
Just some fine sanding and a bit of cleanup to go.
I mentioned earlier that I plan to use the laminated linings similar to what Colin does. Here is my version
![Image](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v68/whitespruce/guitars2/cococomliningd2.jpg)
After doing this, I do not intend to go back to the kerfed linings. This is waaaay better and looks better, too.
Thanks for looking in.
G