Board Building days 5 & 6

So these pics are in reverse order... I hate blogger sometimes. I finished glueing the "guarda pampa" design together, and stripped the paper guide off the back. I then pulled of a strip of plywood down the middle with a chisel as seen in the last picture. I clamped and glued the pattern in the gap (super tedious to provide compression to the whole thing), and then sanded it all flat. I added a strip of cherry around the whole border. I added the first layer of polyurethane which also makes the colors richer and glossier. Many more layers to go. I just ordered the grip tape so I expect to be done by next saturday.