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Author:  GregG [ Sat Oct 28, 2006 10:26 am ]
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I'm well into guitar #3, just thought I would share a few pics of the rosette, my first attempt with abalone.....what do you think?




Thanks,
Greg
Author:  rich altieri [ Sat Oct 28, 2006 10:53 am ]
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I Love it!! Simple and elegent but with bold lines. Very nice.
Author:  Steve Kinnaird [ Sat Oct 28, 2006 2:28 pm ]
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Wow, that close-up shot shows no flaws!
Very nice, tight work.

Steve
Author:  Shane Neifer [ Sat Oct 28, 2006 3:02 pm ]
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Looks Awesome Greg, Great Job!

Shane
Author:  old man [ Sat Oct 28, 2006 3:14 pm ]
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I like that very much. VERY clean work.

Ron
Author:  MSpencer [ Sat Oct 28, 2006 3:40 pm ]
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Beautiful!

Mike
Author:  Steve Saville [ Sat Oct 28, 2006 4:18 pm ]
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Greg,
That looks great! Can you post a quick pictorial of you technique and tooling?
Author:  fryovanni [ Sat Oct 28, 2006 4:20 pm ]
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Looks great! Very clean work. Beautiful shell.

Peace,Rich
Author:  GregG [ Sun Oct 29, 2006 12:36 am ]
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Hi Steve, here is the process I used.

First I took some ebony, resawed it, jointed it, edge glued and sanded to appropriate thickness.



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Here I am cutting the channel in the ebony for the abalone with the Micro-Fence jig. Also shown is the little jig used for mitering the abalone(thanks Peter) and the abalone dry-fit in the ebony, then CA flooded.





Then using the Micro-Fence and an 1/8" bit I cut the ebony and abalone rosette out of the ebony square, then measure carefully, test cut on a piece of plywood, transfer measurements to channel in the spruce top. Make sure everything looks good because the fit is VERY tight, once the rosette is in it's not coming out without damage to the top. So I apply glue and press the rosette into the spruce top channel. I make the channel in the spruce top within a few thousands of an inch of the actual rosette diameter, so it is very snug indeed, the Micro-fence is helpful in this regard as it allows slight adjustments. Another thing I do with the Micro-Fence that helps me is that I use two center pins, one in the test piece of plywood and one in the spruce top. I find the exact inside diameter on the test piece using calipers, move the already set micro-fence over to the spruce top on it's center pin, cut, then go back and do the same routine for the outside diameter. Took me most of a day to complete, next time will be quicker though as I had to build the little plywood jig for the abalone this time.





Hope that was helpful,
Greg
Author:  GregG [ Sun Oct 29, 2006 12:40 am ]
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Looks like this photo didn't show up, here is the resulting rosette freshly pressed into the top, still wet from glue clean-up. And I'll add another of the rosette flush sanded.




Greg
Author:  old man [ Sun Oct 29, 2006 1:47 am ]
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Thanks for sharing, Greg. That makes a really nice rosette.

Ron
Author:  SimonF [ Sun Oct 29, 2006 3:03 am ]
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Very nicely done. The abalone is gorgeous.



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Simon
Author:  CarltonM [ Mon Oct 30, 2006 6:18 am ]
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Looks good, Greg! Thanks for the tutorial.
Author:  Alain Desforges [ Mon Oct 30, 2006 8:00 am ]
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Very nice Greg... Nice clean work and the result is superb!
Author:  GregG [ Mon Oct 30, 2006 9:46 am ]
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Thanks everyone....glad the tutorial was helpful, after all of the help I've received here it's nice to be able to give a little back.

Greg
Author:  Anthony Z [ Mon Oct 30, 2006 1:45 pm ]
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Greg -- great looking rosette and thanks for the tutorial.

Was the paua pre-radiused exactly or did you bend it in?
Author:  Serge Poirier [ Mon Oct 30, 2006 3:56 pm ]
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Very nice rosette Greg, clean workmanship!
Author:  GregG [ Tue Oct 31, 2006 12:25 am ]
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It was pre-radiused....thank goodness for that!!

Greg
Author:  MSpencer [ Tue Oct 31, 2006 5:01 pm ]
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Very Nice, like the technique, thanks for sharing

Mike
Author:  Steve Saville [ Tue Oct 31, 2006 5:50 pm ]
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Thank you Greg!
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