Used a small router to hog out the majority to the waste, then fine cut the rest out with chisels. Glued one in and left it overnight. I’ll plane it down today and sand it flush. 

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Made my butterflies in inlay along the joint. 

Used a straight edge and my circular saw to cut a groove for the Cherry strip. 

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After glueing together the the two main pieces for the top, there were a couple of places where there hadn’t been a full coming together of the two faces. I could see that over time this could become a problem…   Read more»

@nickkuk I’ve been considering this for some time now and I thought I would wait until I knew where in the room I was going to put the bench. If I was putting it against a wall, I would put…   Read more»

It’s fine, don’t worry about it, that’s where they are supposed to be. Don’t forget that the direction of the strings are heading for the outside edge of the posts, not the centre of them.