Clamping time

Wiped and scraped my way to a clean glue joint. Also picked up a metal bar from Home Depot and made four clamps. 

Exploding bridge

I should of wiped everything down with acetone before glueing. Mental note. Now to make clamps. ......

Nut and Saddle

I purchased a saddle blank from Stewmac and rough shaped it using files. I will do the final shaping after fitting the strings. That will come after the spring when the weather is nice enough to spray outside, but before the pollen starts. The Nut blank I purchased is way too short relative to how thick I left the fingerboard, so I decided to take a piece of ebony and carve a nut.