The ama sides were wired together along their bottom edges with stainless steel wire:
Then a fillet and a single layer of glass tape was applied on the inside, burying the wires:
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| (The rub strips were temporarily screwed on, to make sure the sides opened up in a nice curve.) |
Then the wire ties were extracted:
John noticed that I was heating the short end with my mini torch, as I had done in the past with copper wire that I used at that time, so I could pull it through the epoxy that it's embedded in inside. He showed me that stainless wire just needs to be grabbed firmly and pulled out, as it's stronger and smoother than copper. Great tip!!
The bottom joint was then rounded, and a layer of glass cloth applied:
The nearer ama has had a "flood coat"—a second coat of resin—applied, to fill in the weave.
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