I caved and bought wood. I kinda decided I want to learn how to build guitars, not how to mill guitar wood. though I still got the cheapest cedar sound board material I could find. 16 dollars from Stew Mac. Still 10 times higher quality than what I had been using.
My shooting board and the new plane with the cedar on it. This joining session was down right easy. Perfect candle after not too much effort.
Plate joining "jig". It's just an old piece of MDF. A little beat up around the edges, but the middle was flat enough to use without fear for the cedar being marred.
Bead of glue.
Ensuring the plates remain planar while the glue sets. And yes, those are my sitka spruce brace billets... They were handy.
Newly jointed sound board.
Thicknessing the sound board next. Will use my drum sander and a deflection test.