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Below are the latest images from my workshop, regularly updated from my social media account.

Getting closer to the finish line with this one. Getting closer to the finish line with this one. 

OM in Carpathian Spruce & Bog Oak.
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Paring down the side of an Ebony heelcap with a 24 Paring down the side of an Ebony heelcap with a 24mm Japanese paring chisel, prior to carving the heel.
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A bit of sped up ASMR fretting from Friday afterno A bit of sped up ASMR fretting from Friday afternoon.
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So I've gone for a new approach here with the fing So I've gone for a new approach here with the fingerboard extension pocket for my necks. This idea comes from @taranguitars, so I thank Rory for his very clever invention. 

It's a downward angled, sliding dovetail, (rather than a straight neck pocket with two internal screws) to hold the fingerboard extension down after the body joint. The dovetail pulls the fingerboard extension downward but does away with the requirement for any hardware in this area.

It required quite a lot of head scratches & thinking time, a bit of cursing, but then finally it worked and I saw the light.

Also thanks to @dglukes_luthier for his help with the process!
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A freshly inlayed "OB" logo in White Mother of Pea A freshly inlayed "OB" logo in White Mother of Pearl on a striped Ebony headplate, for this Bog Oak OM guitar.
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Continuing on with the Bog Oak, Yew & Ebony aesthe Continuing on with the Bog Oak, Yew & Ebony aesthetic of this OM guitar - here we have an amazing piece of Yew for the back headplate. It has got a bit of everything in there, even some compression ripples.

🪵@feelgoodwooduk
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This is what goes inside the neck of every Oska Bu This is what goes inside the neck of every Oska Burman guitar. Two carbon fiber rods & a two way adjustable truss rod, capped in a fillet of Mahogany. Strong, sturdy, stable and rigid. That's what you want in a neck.
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That place where the back centre strip meets the e That place where the back centre strip meets the end graft & bindings. Forget what it's called 😅 

Tasmanian Blackwood bindings & end graft with black & boxwood purflings for the @miguel.vz.girao OM commission I'm currently working on.
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All bound in Tasmanian Blackwood for the @miguel.v All bound in Tasmanian Blackwood for the @miguel.vz.girao OM commission I'm currently working on.

Look at that Bog Oak back too! What an amazing piece of wood with an equally amazing history behind it.
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Gluing up the last piece of purfling on the Tasman Gluing up the last piece of purfling on the Tasmanian Blackwood end graft for the @miguel.vz.girao OM commission I'm currently working on.
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Just about time to close the box for the @miguel.v Just about time to close the box for the @miguel.vz.girao OM commission I'm currently working on.
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"Hanging back". Bog Oak back, German Spruce braci "Hanging back".

Bog Oak back, German Spruce bracing & floating longitudinal brace with Tasmanian Blackwood cap.

This is for the @miguel.vz.girao OM commission I'm currently working on.
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Warm days are not the best days for bending sides Warm days are not the best days for bending sides by hand on a bending iron at 200°C, but you've got to do it some day, right?!

Bog Oak sides bent by hand for the @miguel.vz.girao OM commission I'm currently working on.
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Close-up of the Sheoak radial rosette bound in sol Close-up of the Sheoak radial rosette bound in solid Ebony. This is a slight variation of the original one I made, whereby I've rotated the radial element by about 30°.

I'm really pleased with the result! 

This is for the @miguel.vz.girao OM commission I'm currently working on.
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Took a quick snap of the workshop as I closed up s Took a quick snap of the workshop as I closed up shop this evening. 

Yes, I like to get the go-bars ju-u-u-st right 😎

This is for the @miguel.vz.girao OM commission I'm currently working on.

HAPPY FRIDAY EVERYONE! 😃
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Close-up of the back reinforcement centre strip af Close-up of the back reinforcement centre strip after being shaped into a nice domed profile. Made of offcuts from the Swiss Moon Spruce soundboard.

This is for the @miguel.vz.girao OM commission I'm currently working on.
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Straight through the rosette! 0.04mm thick shavin Straight through the rosette!

0.04mm thick shavings of Spruce & rosette.
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Installing the first solid Ebony purfling ring in Installing the first solid Ebony purfling ring in the rosette for the @miguel.vz.girao OM.

The rosette will be a radial wood insert made from Australian Sheoak, but this time the radial element is on a slight angle, to introduce some movement into the overall design.
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Planing down the Tasmanian Blackwood back centre s Planing down the Tasmanian Blackwood back centre strip on the @miguel.vz.girao OM with a mini plane.
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The floating wedge inlayed end graft. Ebony bound The floating wedge inlayed end graft. Ebony bound in Yew. The golden ratio is hard at work with this one. Although it seems pretty relaxed.
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