Decorative detail
The basic shape was now starting to appear, but the 19mm, 3/4in stylus could not reach into the detail. I kept the 12.5mm 1/2in cutter but used a matching stylus next, so the carving machine now copied exactly.

At this stage I stopped rotating the carving, until I had also used the finer cutters and styli. These were able to carve in the smaller detail.

After one area was complete to the bottom of the dress, I partially rotated the carving and then started again with the larger cutters and styli, this being the most precise method for detailed work.

When the carving had been rotated right round, it was complete except for the feet. To do these meant removing some of the metal brackets which were largely responsible for holding the ebony down.

I started roughing out again. But as the figure was held more loosely with some brackets and a bead of hot melt glue, I used a 3mm, 1/8in diameter round-ended cutter with a 6mm, 1/4in stylus. When the feet had been roughed out in this way, I changed the stylus to one which matched the cutter, enabling work on the carving machine to be finished.