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Well, I've been working on my Celtic rosette from Depaule. It is white MOP and made from 160 pieces, the best I could count.


First, I routed two grooves for some purfling boundaries.





Then I installed the rings:




Next, I routed out all the area between the rings (I really, really can recommend the new StewMac circle attachment with the micro adjustment). Then installed the Celtic ring:





Here is another shot with the light from a different angle.





The rosette comes from Andy glued onto a piece of cardboard. I used clear duct tape and pressed it very tightly onto the top of the pearl then soaked the whole thing in hot water about 5 minutes. That released the rosette from the cardboard and the tape kept it all together. I turned it over and cleaned the glue residue from the bottom side of the MOP and trimmed the tape close to the rosette. Filled my groove with epoxy colored with ebony dust, flipped the rosette over and placed it in the groove intact. Clamped it down overnight and started cleaning it up today. Still a little cleaning to do, but I'm pleased. I was really worried the thing would come apart and I'd have to reassemble it. I had to sand it down and fill pinholes three times to get them all.

Ron

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That is gorgeous, Ron!

 

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Lovely. Thank you also for the tip with the tape. I inlaid a rose (flower) to a head stock but never thought to use the tape system you did. Turned out well but probably a lot simpler to do your technique.

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Great job, Ron. Looks great!

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Absolutely stunning inlay!

 

Nice work

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Ken H

Looks awesome
So that is how you do it. I had one I ruined!!!
It is in a million pieces!!!!!

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Andy Z.
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Thanks Ron, I have been wanting to try one of those rosettes from Andy... Now I gotta' do it. Your's looks great! Thanks for the help!

Long

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Ron that's great, as you may remember, I too wrecked one of these celtic inlays. I now have a new one and will be trying it again very very soon, yours has actually given me the hope that I can do it, yours looks awesome.

Thanks Ron, great job

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Very Cool. And a little scary!
Good idea using the duck tape.
Just a little aside... If you mix your Epoxy with black Tempra paint powder, it flows out more smoothly & you may have less filling to do. It doesn't take a lot, & it sets up very black.

Ron,

That looks fabulous Another of those "take a deep breath and pray" guitar making rites of passage under your belt.

The bearclaw top looks fabulous too - I am a sucker for bearclaw.

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Great work Ron,

Looks stunning as does that savagely clawed top you have there.

Thanks for sharing Mate great tip with the tape.

Cheers

Kim

Hey ron, that looks beutiful....

Thanks for showing us.

cheers,
Claire

Ron, It’s a beautiful rosette! I’m a real fan for that Celtic stuff!

Thanks for the explanation on how to inlay it. I’d been wondering how its done. Now I feel a lot
more comfortable in attempting it.

Also, I’ve been to Andy’s site, they have a great variety of inlays, some of them quite stunning!

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Great looking Ron! Scary the first time!

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Looks great Ron !! I really like the second photo and the way it reflects the light from a different angle. It's bound to be a real eye-catcher.

I'm not clear on how you got the duct tape to release. Did you clamp it with the rosette as you epoxied it into the top? A few photos for some clarification would be great.


Regards,
Peter

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Well done Ron ! I agree with all the above . Looks incredible !
     

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Great looking work, Ron. Keep it up!

That looks great. Thanks for the how too tips. They obviously worked well

That looks great Ron and I think your explanation in pulling this off will help
others down this path.

Thanks for sharing

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[QUOTE=ToddStock] Looks great, Ron, and thanks for the pics - I've been eying this rosette, but with green-tinted epoxy and green body purfling for a Saint P's Day parlor. No shamrocks, but might think about snakes for fret markers.[/QUOTE]

Or pints of Guiness

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Thanks a lot for sharing this Ron.I'm sure you helped a lot of us to have the confidence to do this!Good tip- using tape ! Beautiful job

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Ron that rosette looks terrific up against that bearclaw top. I really like celtic art.

Question -- why did you use epoxy and ebony dust as opposed to CA and ebony dust?

WOW

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Wow, thank you for sharing that. The tape tip is an awesome idea.