I brushed on a thick coat of the colored epoxy:
If you look closely at the spruce sticks I glued on the front of the broken piece, you'll see that their ends line up right at the edge of the t-brace. That's so I can balance my clamps right on the edge and get good distribution of clamping pressure.
It took a lot of those little Quick Grip clamps:
I have clamps to press the broken piece and clamps to hold the sticks to the face of the t-brace to keep things aligned just right.
Off came the clamps, and with a sharp blow on a well placed chisel, off came the sticks:
I didn't clean the glue off the front surface because I knew I'd be sanding and refinishing just the face of the t-brace.
After a bit of new lacquer, everything looks well attended to:
