Thursday, June 30th, 2022:
Purfled. Tomorrow it's SGUSCIA TIME!!!
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Friday, July 1st, 2022:
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FIRST ROUND OF ARCHING (after the sguscia)...
Well, I finished the first round of using the toothed finger plane, followed by scrapers, to complete the arching, blending it into the sguscia. There is still much more to do. I haven't really gotten into scraping smooth the sguscia area itself or the corners yet; those are harder to do. Also, I always find it a bit difficult to get rid of lumpiness in the arching. Mostly, I just can find the lumpy areas by feeling both halves simultaneously with my two hands; you can tell right away if something isn't smooth or symmetrical just by using your hands.
I have just dampened the plate with some water, to raise the grain, for tomorrow when I will continue working on the plate. You can kind of see the beautiful flame.
OH, AND ANOTHER THING....A positive effect of carving the sguscia is that, as you carve away the top of the purfling strip (about 1mm), you also carve away the gaps in the sides of the purfling channel, as they are usually in the top of the slot. That's fortunate!
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