Purfling - part 3

 The bending iron is used at a low temperature for bending the purfling and make sure it doesn't break.
I use a very sharp knife to get the mitres to joint in an harmonious flow. The outside of each corner is always the one which take over the inside one to assure an optical harmony. Each half of the mitre as its blacks and white cut in a way that flaters the whole mitre and ultimately the corner itself.

The gluing process is stressful because it feels like each part of the purfling should be glued all in the same time, but the glue jellify in seconds and when it does, it loses its gluing properties.

On this picture of the back, we can see the finish mitre once the purfling has been fitted, glued and cleaned up.