Ash, morgonfika and bass design - 9 April

 First thing this morning I checked the back joint and it's looking very good.



It's so pretty here where the grain turns inwards and meets in a point, it's a bit sad to have to cut it away.

After this we went to Alingsås for a delicious morning 'fika' with the breakfast club at Peter's workshop. We admired the 18th century Scottish clock that Olof had restored and had a look at the latest projects in the woodwork shop. Peter had a magnificent piece of flamed ash that I ended up buying. It's big enough for an octobass or 2 or 3 flatbacks, if we can get it sawed right. It was incredibly heavy and difficult to manage so we cut it in two.


The afternoon I spent working on the digital files for the bass form that I'm hoping to be able to CNC.

 

 

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