Damn that's a dirty illusion.......lol, time for a lil compressed air!
Damn jay, I'm not seeing the big picture yet, but I suspect a dope outcome.......
I scrapped those pieces (since they weren't going to work like I wanted.) And started over. Luckily the pieces above worked as a "proof-of-concept" and to help line things up while kerfing the new pieces.
Made 3 1/4" templates and 2 out of 1/2".
1/2" will be the front, 1/4" pieces will be the back.
I made all my pieces, routered all the edges how I wanted, and THEN cut the kerfs. Seemed to work better.
Jay
If you kept the sawdust, you can mix it with wood glue and fill the gaps making it solid again
Impressive work Jay