I make mistakes for you all to learn

Well at least that is my story and I am sticking to it.

A couple of posts ago I mentioned that I had a couple of pieces of wood that had "Glue this side" written on them. I scratched my head, laid everything out on the paper, watched the video and even read the manual - it just did not sink in.

I had formed the impression that the manual for the dreadnought kit doubled as the OOO manual as the dovetail does for the bolt on. Wrong.

So after I worked out, this brace goes there, this one goes there - they look just like the picture in the book and on the video I had come to the conclusion that these two bits of wood were mistakenly packed or something... There was enough pieces in the top brace kit, I didn't need anymore.

Thank goodness that I speared in an email to StewMac asking the question. Tonight - AFTER - I had glued the dreadnought cross braces to my OOO soundboard with great detail. Erick replied to my email, letting me know that the bits of wood were the OOO braces to be substituted for the dreadnought braces.

I go back now and read the instruction manual again and it all appears so clear. I must have had a brain fizz and switched off when I saw the word Dreadnought - I must have missed the whole paragraph.

I feel stupid and a little unnerved but the glue had not gone off totally - I managed to get the braces up without doing damage to the top. At least I've answered my earlier question about how much pressure I need to settle the cross brace. Another couple of hours and those incorrect braces would never have come up.

Note for those that follow : There are an extra set of braces added to the OOO kit. Do not use the ones in the package.

At least now I get another chance at making those reliefs into the cross braces. It's all good.

Time taken : 15 minutes (to remove the braces)
Tools used : Hair dryer, very thin paint scraper
AU$'s spent : Nil - but it could have been worse.