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Author:  John How [ Thu Jan 18, 2007 8:51 am ]
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Since Arnt posted his fine version of the Tony's rosette cutter at the same time I was making mine I thought I would throw mine up here as well along with a little discovery I made. I bought the Ryobi laminate trimmer at home depot for $79 and was planing to make a new base for it to attach the rods only to fine out that it was already set up for rods. I did have to drill the holes out slightly since they where sized and threaded for metric sized rods and I couldn't find any. My rods are press fit and I may anchor then later if I have a problem with them. Using this ryobi trimmer made this project very easy and I completed it in just a couple hours.
Thanks to all those who have posted pictures of their rosette cutter in the past.




Author:  Sylvan [ Thu Jan 18, 2007 9:59 am ]
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Good job, John!

Author:  TonyKarol [ Thu Jan 18, 2007 10:07 am ]
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Lets face it .. WE luthiers are bunch of common thieves (me included, heck I have my own crew)

Author:  Anthony Z [ Thu Jan 18, 2007 10:18 am ]
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[QUOTE=TonyKarol] Lets face it .. WE luthiers are bunch of common thieves (me included, heck I have my own crew) [/QUOTE]

LMAO

John that looks great! Good score on the laminate trimmer.

It appears the Jig is up on this one <groan>

Author:  Brad Way [ Thu Jan 18, 2007 10:39 am ]
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John...nice job! I look forward to building something similar in the future.

Author:  CarltonM [ Thu Jan 18, 2007 12:02 pm ]
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An elegant variation, John.

Author:  Serge Poirier [ Thu Jan 18, 2007 1:47 pm ]
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Great job John!

i'm surprised i did not build one of those before Rod sent me his, truly amazing jig!

Author:  gozierdt [ Thu Jan 18, 2007 2:20 pm ]
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OK John,

Got the next purchase at HD set up. I'm out of town today, but tomorrow, they'll be down one Ryobi Laminate Trimmer. Thanks for the info, it'll save a lot of time in making this guy...

Author:  John How [ Thu Jan 18, 2007 2:54 pm ]
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[QUOTE=gozierdt] OK John,

Got the next purchase at HD set up. I'm out of town today, but tomorrow, they'll be down one Ryobi Laminate Trimmer. Thanks for the info, it'll save a lot of time in making this guy... [/QUOTE]

gozierdt
I bought some 5/16 CR rods and cut them to 7 inches (make as long as you like), then drilled out the threads with a some bit to give a tight fit. I may drill across thru the rods and thread them and anchor from the bottom with a countersunk screw sometime if they come loose. You'll have to cut the base to make room for the pin tung (you can see that in my pics. I used 8/32 threaded rod for the adjustment rod and a tele knob. I used UHMD (I think) plastic and drilled all the holes (make sure you size your drill for tapping the threads where needed), then I sliced the drilled piece to make the two pieces with identical holes. Then you can re-drill the holes that don't have threads to allow a slip fit.
It's a piece-o-cake really.

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