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Either or both would look good as a center piece filled with your choice of decoration.
 

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I love purpleheart. That bowl is wonderful, too!
 

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Took some time to make up a dovetail marking gauge out of some acrylic sheet.
Fun fact, acrylic heats up a LOT when you flatten an edge on the oscillating belt sander. Which causes a buildup of melted plastic along the edges and makes INCREDIBLY hot to the touch when you go to do the other edge.

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Took some time to make up a dovetail marking gauge out of some acrylic sheet.
Fun fact, acrylic heats up a LOT when you flatten an edge on the oscillating belt sander. Which causes a buildup of melted plastic along the edges and makes INCREDIBLY hot to the touch when you go to do the other edge.

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Is there anything you can't do?
 

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How does it work, you ask?

The top part lined up with the soundboard centerline and the first horizontal line with the edge.

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Then line up that first horizontal with the edge and down the centerline on the sides.

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That gives the saw lines to follow to cut out the mortise.

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The neck tenon gets laid out the same way with the same guide.
 

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While I'm using my sturdier 18mm Japanese chisel with the mallet to chop down along the back wall, the fishtail chisel is ideal for getting into the less than 90⁰ corners. (It's one that you only want to use where it must. It has a limited lifespan since every time it's sharpened it will get shorter and there will be less fish tail.)


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