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Bombe Series - Gluing the Doubler

The doubler's been cut and shaped...now, with Al on pins and needles, it's time to glue it up. Tommy starts by applying a coating of prophylactic paraffin to the doubler's finely worked front edge. Next he pours and then rolls glue on the top side of the writing surface - careful to stay within the guideline he had drawn to delineate the placement of the doubler's forwardmost edge. Next up, it's more glue on the doubler's underside with particular attention paid to the "squeeze-O factor" along the edges. At last Tommy sets the doubler in place, sets the clamps, and phew...Tommy and Al breathe a sigh of relief. More information