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Plowed grooves for the two side wear strips, epoxying them, and the brass for the inside edge of the square onto the wood stock now.
Plowing the two grooves through this wood was a massive PITA, I'll say. Despite the fact that they're about six inches long, and 3/16 deep. The iron kept getting jammed along the sides, towards the end of the groove. There's just zero give to the material I think - most other woods will flex a bit to let the iron through, but not this stuff.