OK - yet another question. Made another practice piece that came out a skosh better, then dove in and did the real one. It's looking good from a gap standpoint, and I got one very minor tearout that will sand or plane out. But I got to thinking about the snugness of the fit and whether I should loosen this up a bit for glue. Right now I can seat the piece about halfway by smacking it with the heel of my hand. After that it's light/moderate tapping with a medium dead blow mallet, alternating from side to side. I'm using epoxy to glue this on which wont swell the wood like PVA but I'm wondering once the pieces have a coat of glue whether I'm going to have trouble getting these together. Think I should keep shaving here and there until I can smack the thing completely home by hand?