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Author:  dmills [ Sun Oct 22, 2006 1:02 pm ]
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I’ve been suffering from serious rosette envy after seeing the beautiful wood rosettes posted over the last several months by Tony Karol, Mike Collins and others so I decided to have a go at it this weekend with a block of Afzelia burl I had. I was flying by the seat of my pants most of the way but other than some slight tear out at 3:00 and 9:00 (of course) I think it came out ok. The rosette segment joints were slightly rotated so I aligned the bottom segment joint with the sound plate joint and will rely on the fingerboard extension to hide the upper rosette zone. I decided to use the same material for a matching end graph.

By the way, I cut the channels using a Cocharan router base from Allied Lutherie. I know there was a thread recently regarding making you own similar base but if you do not have the time or the inclination, this is a precision piece of gear that was a joy to use.



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Author:  Steve Saville [ Sun Oct 22, 2006 1:23 pm ]
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Doug,
That is so nice. Great job. That is about the nicest end graft I have ever seen.
Author:  MSpencer [ Sun Oct 22, 2006 1:25 pm ]
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Doug, looks great, I have also been on a rossette building adventure myself of late also inspired by these here on the OLF. Again, both look great. I will post some photos of my latest tommorrow here on your thread.

Thanks for sharing

Mike
Author:  jhowell [ Sun Oct 22, 2006 1:28 pm ]
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Nicely done. This wood has a wonderful figure. The guitar is going to be beautiful under a finish.
Author:  Dave Anderson [ Sun Oct 22, 2006 1:34 pm ]
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That is some gorgeous burl and very good looking work Doug! What are you planning on using for binding?
Author:  Steve Kinnaird [ Sun Oct 22, 2006 1:40 pm ]
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Doug, that looks great down here in Texas.
You've got me wondering what the side wood is?

Steve
Author:  dmills [ Sun Oct 22, 2006 2:06 pm ]
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Thanks for the comments guys.
Dave - I have some walnut bindings I'm going to use that should pick up the midrange browns in the burl and hopefully tie the various elements together.
Steve - the back and sides are a striking spalted Myrtle set from Bob. I'll post some more pics once I get the box closed.
Author:  Billy T [ Sun Oct 22, 2006 3:06 pm ]
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Looks Good Doug!!!
Author:  peterm [ Sun Oct 22, 2006 3:17 pm ]
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Very nice job, is that your first guitar?

Sure like the wood choices!
Author:  Kelby [ Sun Oct 22, 2006 7:01 pm ]
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Great work, Doug! I'll have to try some burl one of these days!mm
Author:  Serge Poirier [ Sun Oct 22, 2006 10:01 pm ]
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Great job! I love the rosette and also the end graft, that burl is awesome!
Author:  James Orr [ Mon Oct 23, 2006 2:49 am ]
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Same here. It looks awesome.
Author:  Mike Collins [ Mon Oct 23, 2006 6:50 am ]
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Doug !!
That is beautiful!!
The workmanship and woods are top notch!

Nothing personal -that;s the nicest looking butt I've seen in awhile!
Mike

www.collinsguitars.com
Author:  Sam Price [ Mon Oct 23, 2006 6:55 am ]
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Goodness gracious me. That wood...it's CRAZY!!!!
Author:  Homeboy [ Mon Oct 23, 2006 10:09 am ]
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Doug,
That is an awesome rosette. I love the lines bewteen the pieces. Great and inspiring job!!

Homeboy
Author:  JBreault [ Mon Oct 23, 2006 11:47 pm ]
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Excellent, Doug! That burl wood is just top notch! You put it together very nicely.
Author:  SteveCourtright [ Tue Oct 24, 2006 1:23 am ]
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Very nice Doug!
Author:  CarltonM [ Tue Oct 24, 2006 8:09 am ]
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Afzelia Burl...I think I knew her in high school.

Nice effort, Doug!
Author:  Chris Cordle [ Tue Oct 24, 2006 1:26 pm ]
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Fantastico!

Being a first-time builder I feel odd saying good job.
I usually prefer to lurk here as I feel my opinion is moot.
Author:  CarltonM [ Wed Oct 25, 2006 6:06 am ]
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[QUOTE=uncleshish] Being a first-time builder I feel odd saying good job.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, but there's nothing wrong with your eyes, and if it looks good, it IS good. Besides, you've got lots of experience with guitars from a player's viewpoint, so don't be shy!
Author:  dmills [ Wed Oct 25, 2006 3:32 pm ]
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Thanks for the nice comments guys. A few tips for any other first time wood rosette makers.

1.     I first tried making an 18 degree jig for my band saw. It worked ok but the circle didn’t close tight enough for my liking. I glued together a quick little 18 degree MDF miter box and it worked quite well with my gent saw. No need for power assisted cuts with slabs this thin (about 75 thousands after leveling) unless you are in mass production mode and the miter box method is quite accurate.
2.     I did not have any wood veneer on hand to glue the segments to so picked up a 3/32” x 6” x 36” balsa slab at the local hobby shop for about $3. Glued 2 sections together for a 12” square working board and it worked fine – stiff enough for the cutting and sanded off like butter when the rosette was glued up.

cheers
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