Routing and Gluing

The routing went pretty well. One problem, which I knew about in advance, is that the router won't really go deep enough.  To get around this, aside from removing the springs from the router attachment, I had to route out extra space on the left and right sides so that the chuck would fit in the space, and so the router could go deeper.  Bleh.  I would have been much better off with  a real router, but I needed something cordless (maybe I should buy a long extension cord?).

So, without further ado, here's what it looked like when done

Here it is with the wood  block glued in.  Yikes, that left side looks terrible.  It's partially due to the camera angle, but I wouldn't have had this happen if I'd had a real plunge router.  Oh well.  OTOH, the piece fit in very snugly and it's a much better job than the last one. To protect the wood, I put on a few coats of clear polyurethane.

Here's a picture from the front, with some lettering from the hockey stick still intact. The block sticks out a bit into the body but I don't think it's enough to cause any trouble.  If it is, I'll have to shave off some of it, which would be a drag.