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Hello;
For those of you that have followed this topic I'm sorry for the delay.
This is my rosette inlaying jig.
It's made of 3/4" Birch plywood that I can clamp to any bench .
I find it easier that way.I can make a rose on any open bench this way.
There is a 3/16" steel plate inlayed in the plywood with a 9/32" hole drilled in it .
This happens tom be the size of the pin on my trammel-point attachment.
I use the steel because just a hole in the wood could become out of round very fast with the number of roses I make.
I rout the size channel I need then start fitting the pieces that I've described how to make in the first 2 installments.
Mike Collins38999.477662037

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Mike Collins

The top is lined up with the drill bit.Toggle clamps hold the tops down.I use this workboard to cut the sound hole out also.The channel is routed.
Clean any fuzz left on the edges so it does not get inbetween the rose pieces.



Remember to start at the centerline of the top on the bridge side of the channel.
You can see #6 &# 7 are together there.
You can use a water based glue or super glue.
If you use water base cover with waxpaper and clamp overnight.
make sure you get glue on the edge joints (ends) of the pieces.
Super glue can be flooded over these pieces but darkens them to much for me.
Sometimes this is the only way if you very fragile pieces.
In fact this rose was and I had to toss it out because 2 pieces crumbled as I removed from the channel.
After the glue is dry-level plane ,scrape or run through a sander.
Next we cut the purfling channels.
thanks
Mikewww.collinsguitars.comMike Collins38999.5062268519

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Mike Collins

Michael, thanks so much for this tutorial!
It has been Great!

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Thanks for the go through Mike. By the way, nice lookin' top!

Shane

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Canada

Thanks Mike....thats really nice!

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Peter M.
Cornerstone Guitars
http://www.cornerstoneukes.com

There is much that can go wrong with this type of rose construction!
As I said the one in the pictures above was so fragile it was thrown out!
Just removing the pieces from the routed channel VERY carefully the hidden cracks made the piece break!(that's why some times you flood the channel with thin super glue then cut the purf. channels !
NOW I look very carefully at the piece of wood I'm going to shape into a rose-LOw & behold there are some very tiny cracks in these types of figured woods so now I flood them with thin Cyano and then make the rose-I made 2 today-one great the other a waste!!!
I made one for Shane today -him & i are collaborating on a couple of "Flamenco" guitars!
His Lutz is the best spruce I've ever used!
I'll have new pics soon!
www.collinsguitars.com

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Mike Collins

Thanks again Mike, it was ver educational watching this, again, saved to file my friend!