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| Author: | jjanssen1 [ Tue Aug 06, 2013 2:42 am ] |
| Post subject: | Abalone Rosettes |
Has anyone made any abalone rossetes and is it hard to do? |
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| Author: | Trevor Gore [ Tue Aug 06, 2013 6:53 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Abalone Rosettes |
Most students can pull off an abalone rosette without any trouble. There's a variety of ways of doing them, e.g. assembled straight into the top, assembled on a workboard, then inlaid, etc.. For a first one, I'd recommend assembling off the guitar, as if things go pear shaped there's less chance of doing damage to your top if you decide to re-do. A couple of books at least cover it; Gore and Gilet, Cumpiano and Natelson are two that come to mind. |
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| Author: | Tony_in_NYC [ Tue Aug 06, 2013 7:10 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Abalone Rosettes |
When you say "made" do you mean from abalone blanks, or has anyone inlayed an abalone rosette? You can buy the curved shell strips for a reasonable price, and there are plenty of people on eBay selling abalone rosettes. I don't think the cost savings would be significant enough to get me to cut one as opposed to buying one. |
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| Author: | Evilfrog [ Tue Aug 06, 2013 9:15 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Abalone Rosettes |
inlaying a curved piece of abalone was one of the easiest things for me to do on my first guitar. |
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| Author: | Rodger Knox [ Tue Aug 06, 2013 10:02 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Abalone Rosettes |
You mean something like my post in this discussion? Saying it's easy is misleading, but it's not at all difficult. viewtopic.php?f=10101&t=41039&start=25 |
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| Author: | CharlieT [ Tue Aug 06, 2013 10:07 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Abalone Rosettes |
It doesn't get any easier than Zipflex... http://www.advancedshelltech.com/ |
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| Author: | Joe Beaver [ Tue Aug 06, 2013 5:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Abalone Rosettes |
Unclear what you mean by make abalone rosette. Please help me out. |
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| Author: | jjanssen1 [ Wed Aug 07, 2013 4:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Abalone Rosettes |
Joe Beaver wrote: Unclear what you mean by make abalone rosette. Please help me out. Cutting out the channel and installing the rossete |
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| Author: | Joe Beaver [ Wed Aug 07, 2013 5:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Abalone Rosettes |
Joshua, Actually if you have a router or dremel with a circle cutting fixture it is fairly easy. The hardest part is getting the cutout in the right spot and the right size to take the abalone and planned purfling lines |
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| Author: | Tony_in_NYC [ Wed Aug 07, 2013 6:15 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Abalone Rosettes |
If you know the inner or outer diameter of the rosette, its easy. Just test on scrap first. You will need a circle cutter for your dremel or router. |
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