Just for the heck of it, I took my Tele template, and on some thick posterboard, traced one side, flipped it and traced the other side. Then rounded out the bottom. And cut it out.
I then took some cherry wood and some purpleheart I had lying around and introduced them to Titebond. Then I took the aforementioned template and traced it onto one of the laminated plates and did unspeakable things to it with a Forstner bit.
Took that one and put it on top of the other with more glue.
"Scotty, I need more clamping power!"
"But Cap'in, She canna stand the strain!"
"Blast it Scotty, just get me more clamps!!"
Scotty sighs, "Aye Cap'in."
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Once the whole thing cured, I subjected it to the bandsaw.
Thence came the spindle sanding. After which I found some maple.
Put them together and did some trimming with the router.
That's how she stands now. I shall return with more.
In the meantime, remember the words of the great Groucho Marx, who said "Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read."