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Author:  justink [ Sun Dec 07, 2008 9:48 pm ]
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Well, I finished my first rosette this afternoon for my #1 build. It turned out better than I thought it would. I did the whole thing by hand - took a while. But, I was cheaper and a little less intimidating than acquiring and using a router. I did have some trouble getting it in before the glue began to gel up a little and made it hard to fit the last bit in.

Here are some pics of the process. I used a BWB BWB IRW BWB BWB scheme that my wife suggested. The IRW was hard to bend b/c it is about .115" thick. The circle cutter is a design from a classical guitar building book I flipped through at Barnes and Nobles. Not sure who wrote it... :) I chiseled out the channel to .050" deep with a 3mm chisel. Cleaned up with my block plane and a scraper.

Let me know what I could have improved on, or things to keep in mind for the next one. Thanks all.
Author:  jmanter [ Sun Dec 07, 2008 10:19 pm ]
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Hey Justin! (I'm the other Justin on the list...) That looks great and I like the tool! I have a similiar type of tool that I bought from LMII..... Yours looks much cooler! I only use mine for cutting out the soundhole though. [:Y:]

Justin
Author:  Steve Kinnaird [ Sun Dec 07, 2008 11:22 pm ]
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Looks like good, tight work.
And a nice, pleasing design.

Steve
Author:  Heath Blair [ Sun Dec 07, 2008 11:37 pm ]
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excelent job. it looks great and im generally a subscriber to "less is more" so that rosette fits nicely for me. it appears as though you got a pretty tight fit so good on you for going the hand tool route. congrats.
Author:  Lars Stahl [ Mon Dec 08, 2008 5:20 am ]
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Congrats !! Look great, !!! [clap] [clap] I am workin on my first right now !!

Lars
Author:  Hesh [ Mon Dec 08, 2008 8:10 am ]
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Justin my friend your rosette looks great! [:Y:] [clap] [clap] [clap] [clap]
Author:  Mark Groza [ Mon Dec 08, 2008 10:04 am ]
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Real nice work on the rossette as well as the tool.Has a nice clean look to it. [:Y:]
Author:  Dave Higham [ Mon Dec 08, 2008 10:59 am ]
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Nice rosette Justin. But isn't it annoying that the forum displays the photos in the reverse order to that in which you loaded them gaah
Author:  justink [ Mon Dec 08, 2008 3:07 pm ]
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Yes, Dave. That is anoying. Oh well :)

Thanks all for you encouragement. I was very pleased with how it turned out. I think it definitely takes more time, but I love the fact that I could do it all with a chisel and a tool that I made. I am beginning to think that the more time you invest, the happier you are when things work out well.

Thanks again all. I don't suppose I'll have much more to show before Christmas, but who knows.
Author:  Ken C [ Mon Dec 08, 2008 11:10 pm ]
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Very clean Justin. Looks nice.

Ken
Author:  Andy Birko [ Mon Dec 08, 2008 11:52 pm ]
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I think it looks really nice. I probably wouldn't have tried to bend the IRW but would have cut a circle out of a larger piece. There are problems with that though too. If you must bend, one trick you can do is make it out of multiple strips that are easier to bend. After a problem with my circle cut out of a solid piece, I did that with a walnut rosette element and it's very hard to tell it's two strips.

By the way, at first glance, the BWBBWB struck me as odd but the more I look at it the more I like the different thicknesses. I may have to try something that on my next one.
Author:  LuthierSupplier [ Tue Dec 09, 2008 12:32 am ]
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Justin,
Very nicely done for a first or at tenth! Great job, and your back bracing looks very clean too. Look forward to seeing the final product!
Author:  Frei [ Wed Dec 10, 2008 10:10 pm ]
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Here is one similar, home made,

http://mysite.verizon.net/nostberg/chapter7/step20.htm
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