I hollowed out the back with the gouge as far as dare. None of the holes are completely gone, but I think I will want to do the rest with planes. The curly maple is hard work. I'm sure to have sore muscles tomorrow. I didn't really know what to do with the contour lines I drew yesterday. I didn't see any point in drilling them to depth since I didn't want to so close to the final thickness. I decided to ignore them for now. I can retrace them from the template later when doing the graduation. The last photo is again a double exposure showing both sides of the back simultaneously.
I didn't mention it yesterday, the back got some dents from the drilling the depth holes. I was a little surprised as I didn't have any problems with the softer spruce front. Maybe spruce just bounces back. I read somewhere that one can wipe the surface with hot water. The water swells the dented wood back. It worked really well. Wetting the wood also lifted the wood fiber but I could fix that quickly with a little scraping.
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