segmented rosette tutorial.......

[martinedwards]

OK gang, here's how to make a segmented rosette......

this is for a guitar shaped mandola I'm mking for a guy in England.

Cut a donut of solid wood and cut two grooves to match on the top.



route the gap between the cuts on the top

yup, as thin as this!!!



Cut a contrasting donut.. these are maple and walnut



Mark them in 12 equal segments. NUMBER them!!!



Chop them up.



assemble the bits. there will be gaps because of the thickness of the saw.



purlfing on the outside



and then in all the gaps too.



once it's all glued in I'll cut another slot inside for another purfling strip. then I'll cut the soundhole

[BillyT]

That's great Martin! How lond did it take you to get that far?

[Ron Wisdom]

Thanks, Martin. Be sure to post a finished photo.

Ron

[martinedwards]

That's great Martin! How lond did it take you to get that far?

all in those pics about 90 minutes

glue & dry then another circular cut & the inner ring fitted, another 10 mins.......

[martinedwards]

Not totally happy with the close up outcome. the outer an inner rings aren't as.... well..... circular as I want,
so I'll re-do the process when my engleman arrives........

Ah well, so who's perfect?

lucky I have the other 12 segments in an envelope, all numbered, ready for use!!

[Serge]

That will be fixed by you in no time Martin, great tutorial mate, thanks!

[martinedwards]

Ah go on then Serge, here's another attempt at the outer & inner rings.....

I re-cut the grooves and filled them with a wider bwbw strip

still to be sanded out.........

[Serge]

Oh Yeah, hun hun!!!

Serge