Lord Wilton - Rough Cutting the FF-Holes

Before graduating the top plate, the ff-holes must be marked and cut.  To do so, the center of the top is roughly thicknessed -- in this case to about 5mm thick (unfortunately, I forgot my camera, so these somewhat low quality photos are from my iPhone):

 

Then, the f-holes are measured and marked out in pencil on the top -- here, my f-holes are inspired by the original Lord Wilton, which has a slightly smaller f-hole on the treble side:

To cutout the f-holes, the eyes are cut first with a circle cutter:

Then, a handsaw is used to roughly saw out the rest of the f-hole, staying well inside the marked line for later cleanup and refinement after the top has been graduated, which is the next step: