8 inch hole for rim cut with saber saw

Rim will fit in hole in 3mm Okoume

Recess made from 5/4 X 8 in cedar

Band saw used to cut out recess wall

Recess walls are tapered

Rim inserted into 3mm Okoume plate

Rim glued on with thickened epoxy

25 lb bag of salt applies pressure

Recess wall pieces glued together

Recess wall pieces after gluing

Drip tunnel cut with a table saw

Drip tunnel prior to rounding

Plate masked prior to fiber glassing

Epoxy applied to fiberglass cloth

Excess cloth trimmed, mask removed

Drip tunnel rounded

Drip tunnel epoxied

Plate and recess glued together

VCP recess ready for trimming

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