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I have a dread I built some time ago and screwed up the rosette and went ahead and finished it. Now I am thinking of redoing it. Now, wondering how I would channel a rosette on a completed guitar??

Was thinking of trying to free hand it with dremel but pretty sure that wont work

Any thoughts on this? Any pics of a jig that would go in the soundhole ?

I did remove the neck so I am pretty free to go.

Someone here did this, but i would need his permission before i release his/her name!

Now try to figure out who that is ahem...

Okay, I have to admit I've never tried this but here goes.

Cut out a piece the same size as the sound hole (and thickness) Make it a tight fit in the sound hole. Use double sided tape to tape some slats across the sound hole (from the inside) then double tape the circle you made to the slats. Make sure everything is firmly in place. use the hole in the center of the circle just like it was still part of your soundboard and rout with a circle cutter... It just might work...

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Joe Beaver
Maker of Sawdust

Aw, c`mon Serge. I`m wanting to remake a rosette on the back porch model I started about a year ago.

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Coe, his/her first name starts with a .....darn, i just can't!

Cut a 1/8" thick circular disc as close as possible to the soundhole ID using your circle cutter. Now cut another circular disc 1/2" larger in diameter. Glue these two together using the center holes and indexing pin to maintain the alignemnet of the center holes. Glue a small block (with no hole) to the back of the smaller diameter disc, covering the index hole. This will keep the index pin from falling through when you use the double discs. After it is dry insert this into the soundhole and re-cut your rosette. You may have to wrap a layer or two of 1/8" wide tape around the OD of the smaller disc to get a nice tight fit into the soundhole.

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tim...
http://www.mcknightguitars.com

AHHHHH Tim, you da man. Sounds simple enough. Will give this a shot.

Something like this might work. About $42 from StewMac. Doesn't look too difficult to make.

CrowDuck

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Chris Nielsen
Soquel, CA.

I've got one of those, but I haven't used it yet.

Ron

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Ron Wisdom

Somewhere in the middle of Arkansas......

Only negative I see with that tools is that it is counting on a perfectly even and square surface to register from. If there is a lump or dip in the soundhole then you will have the same line conveyed to the rosette. The method I described will tend to mask these small irregularities.

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tim...
http://www.mcknightguitars.com

This situation illustrates how the practice of saving those soundhole cutouts can have a practical application. Some makers record info for the particular guitar, and hang them on a nail in the wall of the workshop, like a trophy. For something like this, the original cutout would be 'real handy'. Guess what I'm going to do with mine, now?

CrowDuck

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Chris Nielsen
Soquel, CA.