Making way for the bridge

I'll do my best to explain this one.

It is necessary to remove the lacquer under the spot where the bridge will be glued. But you can't really do that until after the final neck set, which we just did. Why? Because in the process of setting the neck, as one adjusts the angles in tiny increments, it can end up bring the neck farther down towards the bottom/bout. And precise placement of the bridge and saddle are really important if the guitar is to play in tune. SO... after the final neck set, you measure exactly where the bridge and saddle need to be, and drill these locator holes in the top. The locator holes are used to hold a template, which sits inside that white corian guide, which in turn is held in place by the thing that looks like plexiglass with weather stripping on the underside. There's a reason for that... that's what it is. It creates a seal, and the whole thing is hooked up to the shop vac and suctioned onto the top of the guitar... then that wooden template comes out, and the corian acts as a guide for the router to take that lacquer off in the perfect shape for the bridge. Make sense?