Gluing on the maple top

Here I used a blue shop towel to protect the face of the maple. Then I covered the mahogany with glue and flipped it over and placed it on top of the maple top. I have center lines marked on the ends on the mahogany that have to be lined up with the joint of the book matched maple set that was glued up earlier. I started with the center beam and clamps slowly tightening and watching my marks. With all that glue it want to slide around a lot. The first clamp was hard to get on, but working each clamp slowly I was able to get it tightened and centered. Then I stared adding clamps, clamps and more clamps. I will rough cut this with my band saw and use the router to shape this down to the mahogany.