Originally Posted by
HoGo
That thickness looks HUGE. You need to work that down or the scroll will stand in the way of the pick above fingerboard surface.
First I would glue the back to body before binding the top, you will likely loose some wood (and binding) while trimming the back to sides and sanding away that ding I can see.
Traditional F plate has edge roughly 3/16" (5mm) thick all around body almost up to the spot where the ding is where it lifts off and smoothly rises towards 1/2" or so at the scroll button. My procedure for getting this is take plane and plane the scroll button with all surrounding wood flat (parallel to level of rim) to the 1/2" height/thickness mark and then carve using either gouge or curved plane the transition into the body part keeping the ridge a bit proud and well defined (many beginners leave this area way too pronounced). You can draw the transition line at the side by wrapping a visitcard or flexible ruler around scroll connecting the basic edge height and the scroll platform.
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