Steve
What I have done is pick up a plastic meat tenderizer syringe the one with a bent end on it, target/wallyworld etc, and a bag of #64 rubber bands from office max /staples then select your wood try to get enough of all the same feel texture/flexibility etc, I like (tight bond) but any of the alpha glue will do make the out side sloppy wet, ( I match the seam edge first and mark it) cut the piece about 1/4 wider than you need. put the glue on the stringers match the seam from the marks tack in spots with c/a and put the rubber bands around the fuse to hold/shape, while the glue dries as many as it takes I like this better than pins as you don't get the split wood and yes it is slow but you get nice curves this way. But if you have a system that works for you then that's the best way for you.
Just this old geezer blabbering
Cheers Bob T
Last edited by rt3232; 05-13-2015 at 06:57 PM.