Day 3



Finding out the center of rosette and pushing pin there





Routing inner and outer circle, then knocking the middle part with thicker bit





Hand build guitar needs a hand build rosette. Nothing actually beats a real wood and it is also easy to do. Here I am gluing two pieces of spalted wood that will be a center of the rosette.





Now the fun fitting the tiny strips of wood,

I ended up making black/white, then strips of padouk and again white/black then the spalted center and repeat that for inner ring.

The padouk needed to be cut on tablesaw to tiny strips. Chippy wood





Now glued all together and soaked with superglue as the spalted wood is prone to chipping.





Scraping the glue and sanding it down reveals the rosette





More details about the wood - the back sides are indian rosewood and the top is a sitka with some bearclaws.

The shape is more of a size of OM, but actually with a rounder top where neck is, more like of an classical guitar (OM is flat on neck)



Tomorrow - making back braces. RosetteFinding out the center of rosette and pushing pin thereRouting inner and outer circle, then knocking the middle part with thicker bitHand build guitar needs a hand build rosette. Nothing actually beats a real wood and it is also easy to do. Here I am gluing two pieces of spalted wood that will be a center of the rosette.Now the fun fitting the tiny strips of wood,I ended up making black/white, then strips of padouk and again white/black then the spalted center and repeat that for inner ring.The padouk needed to be cut on tablesaw to tiny strips. Chippy woodNow glued all together and soaked with superglue as the spalted wood is prone to chipping.Scraping the glue and sanding it down reveals the rosetteMore details about the wood - the back sides are indian rosewood and the top is a sitka with some bearclaws.The shape is more of a size of OM, but actually with a rounder top where neck is, more like of an classical guitar (OM is flat on neck)Tomorrow - making back braces.

My Guitars:

-Lucida $60 new with soundport arguably now plays like $85 one

-LaPatrie Presentation, factory rejected

-Takamine AN10

- My own build

- My own build

- My own build

- My own build

- My own build __________________My Guitars:-Lucida $60 new with soundport arguably now plays like $85 one-LaPatrie Presentation, factory rejected-Takamine AN10- My own build DeJonge Standard Steel String - My own build Santos Hernandez cypress flamengo - My own build Bubinga Tornavoz classical- My own build Hammered Dulcimer - My own build Travel Guitar Last edited by OC1; 12-02-2009 at 12:13 PM .