Thanks guys for all your wonderful comments. I am very proud of them both and the moment they were played together was a very moving moment.
Bob, the first notes that came out the second one were quite dull but after a bit of sound post tweaking it soon started to speak out. After a few days of playing it was becoming real evident that this cello is really going to sing. The first notes from the first cello were pretty good to start with, very resonate, but then that was my first experience with a real hand carved cello and not a student one so my ears were a little inexperienced to tell what I had.
Dennis, I have a pretty good photo diary of both of them. The diary of the first cello is online on my website:
http://www.jasminedavis.com. As for writing a book, that is just way too hard, give me a cello to build any day!
Paul B, I have not found a definitive book on cello making. The books that I used are "The Art of Violin Making" for the technique and then the Strobel books "Cello Making Step by Step" and "Useful Measurements for Violin Makers" for measurements and details on setup and other things not covered by the drawings I had. These were used extensively with the first cello but then a casual reference for the second one.
Jaz