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I've shown it before, but what the heck...

This is my favorite rosette jig, modeled after the Sylvan Wells / Tony Karols / the "Luthier tools" book jig. I like it because it is sturdy, has no backlash and can be easily adjusted. My rosettes are usually different each time, and this jig allows me to adjust to a new setting fast and accurately.

PC 310 trimmer, 15 mm acrylic base, 6M threaded rod, steel rods and thumb screws from discarded router fence, an hour or two of work.

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Rian Gitar og Mandolin

Here's mine. Very Simple.

Bob

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Bob Connor
Geelong, Australia

Here's mine.



Modeled after the one used in Bogdanovich's book.

Works great! And was simple to make.

_Mike T

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_Mike Tracz
MCT Guitars
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I have one like Arnt's. IMHO, the micro-adjustment is the bee's knees! My old circle cutting jig didn't have it and although cutting the channel was easy, I had to adjust the width of cut by slightly tapping the carrier tray. I didn't like this at all.

Now, one full turn of the knob equates to about 10 thou... It's quick and painless and there's no guesswork involved.

It might be a bit more difficult to machine the parts and to build, but use it once, and you'll know where the extra effort went. You'll also need a tap and die set. If I'm not mistaken, I had taken a whole bunch of pictures when I put mine together. I'll try to fish them out and I'll post them if you're interested.

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I'd like to be able to prove, just for once, that money wouldn't make me happy...

Wells-Karol Jig is what I'm thinking of getting. I'm just not sure if I want to spend 3 hours to make it(shopping for parts/labor) or buy one.

Pretty obvious which one I use .. just made two more yesterday for a couple students to snag.

Might have to put some together for the next swap meet ...

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Tony Karol
www.karol-guitars.com
"let my passion .. fulfill yours"

Here is one I built a while ago.Similar to others but with the added feature of being able to "template" a rosette design. My feeling was that as I figure out a rosette I could drill a template for future use. The template would allow the jig to be returned to the same size at anytime without trial and error.

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Brad
Avon, OH

It is a little hard to see in the pictures. But basically it lets you set the jig and use a pin locating system to remember where the jig was. In the future if you want to recut the same rosette then you can put the pre-drilled template in the side of the jig, lineup the bronze bushing with the pre-drilled holes on the template, and slide a steel locating pin through the bushing into the template and everything should be exact adjust to a previous size.

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Brad
Avon, OH