Gluing the back halves

I sometimes glued the backs without clamping, just like I glue the bellies; with a rub joint. I've tried to do a glue up on the workmate, but it never lined up right. I figured I give it a go on this back to try it out.

The wood was very temperamental. I had no luck at all with my craftsman jointer. I would keep adjusting the blade down, and when it finally just started to touch, it would grab and dig in. My little brass finger plane, with the bevel up is an amazing tool. It will cut anything. It did fine on high spots, but for smoothing, this one I bought from Japan Woodworker is a charm. No bounce, no chatter, no digging in. I worked from the center out, because that's what it seemed it wanted, but it worked.

I drew the outline with a pencil around the ribs, to see how the grain fits on, and to check the location of the knot. Should be fine.