After contacting Grit Laskin and getting permission (whew!) I forged ahead. I am really not convinced that my way is the right way, pretty sure it is not the best way. But here goes. I am VERY open to constructive criticism. Tell me where I went wrong because this was not easy.
I did not want to paint the bevel area black and bind the rest in ebony as I have seen suggested. I decided to laminate the bevel area in Brazilian, bind the guitar in Brazilian and treat the whole thing as a whole, with purfling running under the binding and armrest and the same with the top.
So..
After putting gluing on the top I took the binding router and routed a small ledge at the bottom of the bevel to make room for purfling and to clearly and evenly define the lower edge
I had to cut the ends with a knife
I put purfling into that channel..no pics
Then I laid out the top purfling line using a compass indexed off the edge of the guitar.
After this I made a template out of plexiglass that conformed to that layout line and then used it as a cutting guide
After this I made a template out of plexiglass that conformed to that layout line and then used it as a cutting guide
After the top purfling line is cut out, using a knife and chisel, I cut out a piece of rosewood to fit the bevel. I had to make a pattern for this rosewood out of cardboard. The rosewood piece was cresent shaped because even though it was bent to go around the curve of the upper bout, it was slanted on a 45 degree bevel so that it had some of the properties of the shape of the top in that area...if that makes any sense. I did not take pics of this.
The rosewood was glued onto the bevel. The bottom edge of the rosewood veneer was cut at a 45 degree angle to fit flush with the lower purfling.
After working with the top purfling channel I had room to glue in the top purfling which started with a teflon strip.
Then some shellfish to replace the teflon and a little shellac to show the area under discussion.
