Harrison was able to get the top sanded to a thickness that will be close to the finished thickness. The sander he uses at his home shop is pretty accurate but it uses a pretty aggressive sandpaper grit. He was able to get the purfling and abalone to be flush with the top and it is close to final thickness. Sanding with a finer grit sandpaper was done to get the gouges out left by the more aggressive sandpaper and to take it down to where the top is flush (within a few thousands of an inch).
This is pretty smooth but will still need finish sanding and the abalone will eventually become bright and shiny. The ragged part on the left will be completely covered by the neck.
This part of the rosette took hours (and to be honest) is not perfect (although most won't see the imperfections) but I am INCREDIBLY happy with the results!
Spent more time getting the basic shape to the braces and the next step will be creating a lap joint where the braces cross and giving a more final shape to the braces.
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