Too dang wind and hot to hunt so I’ll do a bit more on this ...
Gonna put the belly overlay on, remember we smoothed the glass out with the curved block? Here is where it helps ya out. Easier to do a smooth curve on the disc sander than a bumpy one. Bout ten minutes and she is tight.
Also I cut a relief cut in the grip cutout , just habit to let the overlay flex a little when clamping. Just don’t cut into where the grip is gonna be ...
Marked
Fitted and relief cut
Some rough drawing for riser shape, also keeps me from reversing the overlay. I want original grain to line up ...
Shaped the ends of overlay to save work later...