I decided to run a strip of abalone down the seam where the sides meet. I glued the abalone onto the surface of the sides with "amazing goop", a fast-setting flexible adhesive, scribed the sides of the abalone when the goop was dry, removed it and began carving out the slot. First, using a razor knife I cut down the scribe lines, then I angled the razor knife from the inside area to carve out an edge. Then I chucked in the dental burr to the dremel and 'hogged' out the center area. Then I cleaned up the 'floor' of the slot with a fine chisel. The abalone strips were then glued in with thick superglue, the area scraped with my cabinet scraper, and finally sanded with 220 grit paper. Later, I'll go over the entire body with 320 and 400 paper prior to finishing.
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