the new tool for today is the micro plane thingy & it is GREAT!

it leaves such a nice edge without as much work, I wish I had this tool a lot earlier

the finished c-bout edge

I am pretty happy with the result of the microplane

finally, the actual outline of the cello in real size and I love it

marking the edge thicknesses, the edges and button are 6mm, c-bouts 5.5mm and the rest 5mm

the edges which go from one size to another I used a pencil instead of the gauge

now the gouging continues

reducing the thickness in the c-bouts, still a bit to go

one side is done, it only took me 2 hours

all it needs now is cleaning and flattening

you can see the different thicknesses on the edges

the shadow shows the edge is still a little un-even

one side low and the next side is still high

after 5 hours I am at this level and time to call it quits for the day