Sp, a few things, first off, I probably should have posted the subject as "Soon to be Pic Heavy" Sorry about that. So today's progress has been using my hand saw to take some briar off (I need to get a bandsaw very soon), and then I use a sanding pad on an arbor to do some rough shaping. Afterwards I have drilled my mortise and air passage, then to the bowl, which I made 3/4 of an inch wide, this is usually how I like my chambers. When this was all done, I chucked my sanding disc back on and did some more rough sanding. I decided that I wanted to do a shank extention of palm wood so I have attatched that as well, and some more rough sanding. Now I must wait for my olive straight grained ebonite to arrive so I can start my stem work, and as the great Tom Petty has said, "the waiting is the hardest part." On a side note, today I got the best birthday I could ever have gotten. My wife found out today that she was hired in as the new fulltime kindergarten teacher! This is a pretty big deal as she has been subbing for 6 years in our school district and no jobs have been available until now. So congrats to my love!
