setting the purfling marker for the outer line

after markign the outer line I switch to some test wood to set the inner cutter

both lines now marked but the ring lines give a slight bump in it

i have yet to mark in the corners

I have come to the conclusion I do not like purfling by hand, the hole is too deep and very sloppy as it is pretty difficult

here we have the groove going all the way around, a messy groove at that

the spruce chips so easily so I saved the bit to glue back in

this is one of three I have to glue back in

here are the three pieces which are marked with pencil so they go back in the right place

all set to do some gluing, a little glue, small brush and some hot water

one piece glued back in

the other two pieces

as of today, 28th Jan 2007 this is what I am upto, next step installing the belly purfling