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I've used this on 3 rosettes without a hitch. Pretty simple but it works. It has an old 5/16" pilot from a router bit that is threaded into different holes to get the different diameters.



I have a snug fitting hole in my workbench for the pivot point.



Cheers,
Kirt

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Horton, MI

The Black & Decker RTX will fit the StewMac base and is more powerfull and strudy.

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Chris Nielsen
Soquel, CA.

The couple of times I tried with Dremels I blew the tops, so I don't trust them.

I've been using an LMI 'Schneider' cutter, and an old-fashioned Stanley #71 hand router plane. Sadly, they don't make them any more, I'm told. If you can find one, the smaler version (#71A, or is it #471?) is better for our purposes. For that matter, the 'popsicle stick trick' that Cumpiano & Natelson used in the book is pretty good, too. So I'm a hand-tool guy....