Back to the shop and work on 004 and 005. It has been all soundboard work. I started by sanding to near final thickness (~3mm) using the drum sander. Next I used the Stew-Mac rosette cutter with my Dremel tool to inlay the rosette. This worked much more consistently in regards to the depth of cut when compared to the drill press cutter. I installed a Koa rosette with thin black-white-black wood purfling on 004 (Monkeypod) and a marquetry rosette on 005 (Bubinga). Once they were installed and dried, I sanded to final thickness of ~2.8mm. Then I cut to rough shape on the bandsaw. Next, I started the braces for the soundboards using spruce brace wood. This is a long, boring process (to me), but I love having the braces in place and starting to shape them.
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