Was documenting a build for a muso in France today, so thought I'd share it with you. Nothing really earth shattering if you've been doing this for a while, but might be interesting if you're new to this.
The design consists of several overlapping elements that require careful planing of the steps involved in order to make the job cleaner and easier. Otherwise there are some short pieces that if you tried to fit on their own would be next to impossible.
The first element is routed and inlaid. Dry fit all pieces first, and then disassemble, apply PVA glue to the ends of the mitres and put back into place. You do this to lessen the chance that black dye from the purflings will darken the maple at the mitres. Wick CA glue along edges and allow to dry.
Scrape flush before proceeding to the next step.
The next elements are routed. You can see in this image that by proceeding in this order those overlapping lines with extremely short pieces are now no worries. Same procedure as the first time around. Dry fit and then pull apart, and glue.
Again scrape flush after drying.
The last elements trim the ends of the second elements making for a clean intersection. Again almost impossible to get right if you are working with such small pieces on their own. Install like the previous.
