Stodart/wrestplank

After carefully trimming a 44.5" piece of maple veneer, which will serve as the cap, to line up with the top edge of the original cap, I have glued it into place by means of a go-bar deck.

To eliminate the possibility of having the wooden pressure bar stick to the cap via squeeze through glue, the bar was first wrapped in wax freezer paper before being clamped into place.

Stodart/wrestplank

Prior to gluing on a maple veneer cap over the wrestplank insert, it was necessary for me to make the top of it's surface level to that of the original veneer capping, which was anything but flat or level.

With a few layers of veneer applied onto the insert at various points, the top edge of the new cap should line up with that of the original.