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Hi folks, i'm just about to do my rosettes and was wondering if:

1-my PC 7310 was too big for this application?

2- are there any bits small enough at the cutting tip for inlaying purposes available for the 7310 and will i have to buy an adapter for smaller shanks?

TIA, I'd like to know before shopping tomorrow and thought you guys rock so much that it would be a simple question to ask

Serge

I use a dremel for inlay work. It's small enough to give me good control. For tight corners I use a dental burr. Now that is small! I'm not sure if you could do that with a PC. What I would love to have is a foredom tool. They are powerful but small. Remember. It's not so much the size of your tool as it is how you use it!

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Joe Beaver
Maker of Sawdust

...Like Joe said... It's not the size of the army that counts, but the furry of it's onslaught...
   Serge, I have a few Lee Valley bits (1/16th) that would fit your purfling material perfectly. They have the standard 1/4 inch shank... Let me know if you need some...

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Joe, what bit sizes do you use and find the best for Inlay and the Dremmel tool?

Thanks

Mike Spencer
White Oak, Texas

Joe, where do you get your dental burrs ?

Alain, i'll PM YOU !

Thanks guys

So, anyone else has suggestions ?

I second Lee Valley bits.They sell 1/16,3/32,1/8,3/16. They are worth every penny. Again, I sing the praises of the Jasper Circle jig- a baseplate with indexed pivot holes from about 3/4" to 7"-by using different bits as above and some simple math(printed on the packaging) you can rout just about any width of rosette.

Many thanks Terence and Mike, i'll be checking at the dentist for what i can scrounge there and Lee valley for what i can buy!



I'm not telling anyone about my 1000 posts, they're gonna put a lot of yellow smiling faces everywhere!

Let's see a pic of that Jasper Jig, where did you get that?

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http://www.dickeyguitars.com

seconded, we want piccy's please!

I'll try to photo sometime today. I think Lee Valley sells them. I know that Woodcraft does-small pictures there.Usually $24.99,plus the old shipping, of course. It has a brilliantly simple centering device included. Remove the stock base on 310 and 2 holes already drilled in the jig line up. Spot punch and drill/countersink the third and as our Brit friends say "Bob's yer uncle." By the way, anyone who uses a 310 needs to look at Pat Warner,s site and also Micro-Fence.The M-F plunge base for a 310 will make you drool all over that spruce top you are routing-I think someone here got their circle jig-surgically precise and versatile. The Jasper only does circles -I just remembered;Google Jasper Jigs, they have their own site and the instructions are there as well as good photos. I did my very first rosette with the Jasper-purfling and abalone- maybe I should photo it so you can see how idiot proof it is!Miketobey38780.4966550926

Thanks Mike, we'll stay tuned!

While I was at it I took pictures of my shop/area/tools thinking about the post on what one "needs". I could post them if anyone is interested but you, as my friends, would probably book me into a program. SORRY ABOUT THE SIZE AND LAYOUT-NOT GOOD AT THIS-PLEASE LANCE,FORGIVE ME?


Miketobey38780.7124305556

Mike if you go in and edit your post then just put a return between each of the pictures and they will stack up underneath each other.

Colin

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Just hit the "enter" between each upload? I don't know if my size was too big, they just looked so huge.

Explanation- first picture shows base with pivot pin -I just store it there-that would be around a 7" circle or disc.I wrote the alternate cutter formulas on it so it was always handy. Second is bottom view, of course. The screwhead with the little black dot by it is the added screw hole. The big arrows are for the supposedly universal mounting holes for routers-I think is is a 2 9/16 radius-I made some router tables for friends and used it with my Bosch 1618 VSS.And, of course, the others are my very first rosette and soundhole-somewhere I wrote down which bits and which settings for the pin-oh yes,on my workboard with the steel interchangeable center bushings. Now, isn't that idiot proof?*I can't tell what is going on here-i'm using the format. Miketobey38780.6002893519

Amazon's got the Jasper circle jigs.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/103-4300570-0502208?%5Fencod ing=UTF8&search-alias=tools&field-brandtextbin=Jasper%20Tool s

CrowDuck

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Chris Nielsen
Soquel, CA.

Hope anyone interested saw it because i wrecked that edit attempt.

Thanks Mike, i think i saw that jig in the Lee Valley catalog also, i thought of buying it then but hadn't seen it used on any luthier's website i visited in the past. After seeing how well it worked for you, i think i might buy it now. Thanks for the pics and detailed descriptions bud! Serge Poirier38780.9581828704

[QUOTE=Alain Desforges] ...Like Joe said... It's not the size of the army that counts, but the furry of it's onslaught... [/QUOTE]

Alain, I think you're trying to say "the furriness of it's onslaught...".