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The Essential Ocha

1. After colour and grain matching sections of wood were sorted for the first endgrain glue-up.

2. Various glue-ups have now been sawn into strips and cleaned up and flattened on the drum sander, in preparation for the next endgrain glue-up.

3. Mixing and matching strips for endgrain veneer.

Smaller endgrain pieces were cut into thin

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