[martin]

If you did that how would you glass the back side and under the cap? Glassing upside down is not fun.. What about outlining where the firing is on the topside. Being careful to stay within the core. Cut the top skin off and recore from the top. That way you still keep the structural parts of the cap intact ..and you only glass from the top. When you remove top skin.. Keep it so you can glue it back to the core material.. It will save you some glassing.