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douglas ingram
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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.


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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 :)
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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 :)


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

Wait till you see the whole thing together. Oie.

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Very nice work Douglas!

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wow! Excellent, way to go Doug!

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Agreed! That is beautiful work. Well done!

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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.

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Looks great Doug!
Well put Dennis....
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Beautiful work, Doug. I've always loved that type of purfling work.

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That is going to be awesome - been enjoying the progress pictures.

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wow - stunning!
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Amazing. Very nice!

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that takes a lot of skill you can be proud of that

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This is inspiring work! Thank you very much.

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*dang*

(Somebody has to say that...)

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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.
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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!

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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.
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Outstanding Douglas! Time well spent is right. Serious points scored there. :D

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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!
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Wow...you must have the patience of Job to do all that inlay. Looks great
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Very nice. Am I the only one who thought this would look really cool as an inlay too?


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You are a true craftsman!
Very, very nice.

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Stunning!
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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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