Back from a Tryptophan overdose, the boys were back at it today:
Here is a pic of the rosette with the Teflon spacers in place still, but with a little finish rubbed on to show the colors that will emerge in that redwood burl:
Here are the radial southeast asian rosewood purfling strips cut out and waiting to be installed in place of the Teflon:
Here is the rosette and purfling completed and sanded down, what a difference in the rosette itself without the finish on it! The back is showing through the soundhole: