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Author:  douglas ingram [ Mon Aug 13, 2012 10:36 pm ]
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Some of you may be aware of that I've been working on a viola da gamba. This has been the reason why I haven't been building guitars recently. Anyway, recent "Shop Happenings" threads have seen some bits on my inlay efforts for the back. Well, I finally got all of the pieces in today! I only had the center panel and the heel to finish, but that still took all of my work day.

Needless to say, I'm pretty excited to have reached this point!

Shortly I can plane and scrape the pieces down, then I can start making the top.
Author:  DennisK [ Mon Aug 13, 2012 10:50 pm ]
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Beautiful! It makes me very happy to know that there are still craftsmen in this world who care enough to pull off stuff like this. There may not be any buyers to pay for the time it takes, but that doesn't mean it's not time well spent :)
Author:  douglas ingram [ Mon Aug 13, 2012 10:53 pm ]
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DennisK wrote:
Beautiful! It makes me very happy to know that there are still craftsmen in this world who care enough to pull off stuff like this. There may not be any buyers to pay for the time it takes, but that doesn't mean it's not time well spent :)


This is for my wife. Time well spent, indeed!

Wait till you see the whole thing together. Oie.
Author:  Ken McKay [ Mon Aug 13, 2012 11:07 pm ]
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Very nice work Douglas!
Author:  Jim Watts [ Mon Aug 13, 2012 11:40 pm ]
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wow! Excellent, way to go Doug!
Author:  George L [ Mon Aug 13, 2012 11:49 pm ]
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Agreed! That is beautiful work. Well done!
Author:  Shane Woonton [ Tue Aug 14, 2012 2:37 am ]
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Douglas, thanks for posting. I've been hanging out to see this since you posted the teasers. That really is awesome! Can't wait to see the complete instrument.

Shane
Author:  Robbie_McD [ Tue Aug 14, 2012 6:52 am ]
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Looks great Doug!
Well put Dennis....
Author:  MaxBishop [ Tue Aug 14, 2012 6:57 am ]
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Beautiful work, Doug. I've always loved that type of purfling work.

Best wishes,
Max
Author:  SteveSmith [ Tue Aug 14, 2012 7:13 am ]
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That is going to be awesome - been enjoying the progress pictures.
Author:  Corky Long [ Tue Aug 14, 2012 7:50 am ]
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wow - stunning!
Author:  Tony_in_NYC [ Tue Aug 14, 2012 8:16 am ]
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Amazing. Very nice!
Author:  bluescreek [ Tue Aug 14, 2012 8:25 am ]
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that takes a lot of skill you can be proud of that
Author:  Stephen Boone [ Tue Aug 14, 2012 8:42 am ]
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This is inspiring work! Thank you very much.
Author:  Steve Kinnaird [ Tue Aug 14, 2012 8:42 am ]
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*dang*

(Somebody has to say that...)

Steve
Author:  ernie [ Tue Aug 14, 2012 8:53 am ]
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Wunderbar herr douglas .Did you use Manitoba Maple for the back ?? Saw a similiar inlay in a book on inlaying written by an english author.
Author:  mqbernardo [ Tue Aug 14, 2012 9:41 am ]
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would you talented guys please stop making me feel even more amateurish?

joking... that´s simply beautiful. quite an accomplishment from where i stand.

congratulations!
Author:  jfmckenna [ Tue Aug 14, 2012 9:41 am ]
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That's incredible, I could never do something like that. Not with out loosing it mentally anyway. Good job. Look forward to more pics.
Author:  DannyV [ Tue Aug 14, 2012 11:12 am ]
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Outstanding Douglas! Time well spent is right. Serious points scored there. :D

Cheers,
Danny
Author:  cphanna [ Tue Aug 14, 2012 12:21 pm ]
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I just came up from the shop where I've been working on my first-ever inlay. Then I saw this example of patient, stunning, artistic craftsmanship. It's wonderful. My admiration is almost beyond words. I frankly don't know whether to press on with my own or just quit and take up another hobby!
Patrick
Author:  Quine [ Tue Aug 14, 2012 12:36 pm ]
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Wow...you must have the patience of Job to do all that inlay. Looks great
Author:  James Ringelspaugh [ Tue Aug 14, 2012 1:03 pm ]
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Very nice. Am I the only one who thought this would look really cool as an inlay too?
Author:  dzsmith [ Tue Aug 14, 2012 6:21 pm ]
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You are a true craftsman!
Very, very nice.
Author:  Mike Collins [ Wed Aug 15, 2012 8:23 am ]
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Stunning!
You should be very proud!
Can't wait to see the finished pics.

Mike
Author:  douglas ingram [ Wed Aug 15, 2012 10:10 am ]
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Thank you very much everybody. There are too many of you to thank individually.

Patience, not really an issue as you just set the task for the day. Work is work. The real issue of patience is keeping this project going over the multi-year time period that is required. It is taking this long as I have to fit it in between income generating work and family obligations.

I'm setting up to work on the front now. Oh boy, more purfling.

I can't wait to see this finished, too. I've got a lot of other projects that I want to do and they're all on hold till this is done!
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