Maybe it hasn't been my most productive week ever. It's awfully hard to stay put at the workbench while outside, the first week of truly beautiful weather is unfolding, after five months of winter. Also, smashing one's instrument engenders a lot of running around later. Note to self: next time I set aside a chunk of time for purposes of making, avoid accidents at all cost.
There again, it wasn't my worst week, either. Due to the somewhat experimental character of the project, I felt at liberty to try out some methods of making new to me. One thing I'm doing differently is purfling with three separate strips of wood, rather than gluing three veneers together, then cutting them into 2mm-strips and bending, fitting and gluing them, which I have always done (and struggled with).
There again, it wasn't my worst week, either. Due to the somewhat experimental character of the project, I felt at liberty to try out some methods of making new to me. One thing I'm doing differently is purfling with three separate strips of wood, rather than gluing three veneers together, then cutting them into 2mm-strips and bending, fitting and gluing them, which I have always done (and struggled with).
It will probably still turn out to be a very fiddly process, but there is a simplicity about the idea of this method that I find very appealing.
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