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This is a rosette I made using a fine slice of flamed maple Steve Roberson sent me, its going into the 12fret dread, also the top is Carpithian Spruce from Steve as well.
Thanks for lookin

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Nice lookin' !

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Nice...

I like it when builders come up with something new for rosettes. And I love a big ole wide strip of abalone...

Good Job

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Looks good!

I am about to try something similar only the wide strip in the middle will be wood and the thinner strips on the outside will be shell.

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Nice rossette Lance. I like the Combo. How do you like that Carpatian spruce so far? Been meaning to get some.

Dead Gorgeous!

Looks fantastic Lance. Nice work as always. Just got some of that carpathian spruce in. Looks really nice. very stiff, good tap tone. Bobc38374.9156481481

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Lance,

Nice! Looks really sweet.

One question, is it 3 diffrent pieces, wood, shell, wood, or is it one piece of wood with a channel for the shell?

Jeff

Thats a beauty Lance!!!

Saweet... nice job dewd.

Love the carpathian spruce, nice stuff indeed.
I am going to use it on my next guitar, I got some carp bracewood as well. I`ll let ya know what I think.

Matt

Thanks Guys, here are a few images on how this rosette was made..

Start with a 3 piece Red Abalone heart inlay


Here its inlaid into a flamed maple blank, along with a b/w/b strip on either side, the deep channles are where it separates when I run it through my thickness sander.
The channels are as deep as the ablone is thick.


Here it is after having been ran through the sander, you can see how its come apart from the blank.


Finaly, its inlaid into a channel in the top, along with another b/w/b purling.


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I have to try that, it looks like fun!

It looks wonderful! I don’t think I can hack it without a thickness sander though.

Thanks Lance! Pictures explain things so quickly when you are trying to learn something.

Jeff

Colby,

It's still easy without a thickness sander. All you have to do is route the channels a little deeper until they go through to cut it out. I like how simple the sander is, but you shouldn't have any problems the other way either.

John

This is the same way I do my snakewood ones, I make an octagon with the snakewood and center on a piece of scrap and then route and cut out the piece before inlaying it into the top. I run it through the thickness sander to get it to release, you don't have to do that but it's easier to route these with a more solid base under them.

I'm now starting to use a vaccum jig to hold my rosettes so I don't need as big of a base and can but them free from that by just going deeper..

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Look great Lance.

Sad to say, I got your maple back the other day cause I put the wrong address on the package. I'm truly sorry (no pun intended).

Well done again.

Rod

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Nice Job Lance. I never thought of doing that sander release thing. Very clever.

John

Why doesn't the sander throw the rosette across the room? After you sand away the remaining wood, what is holding the rosette in place or am I missing something?

the sander has pressure rollers that hold the whole thing down plus, I use my fingers to add pressure on the infeed and out feed.

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[QUOTE=Mike Mahar] Why doesn't the sander throw the rosette across the room? After you sand away the remaining wood, what is holding the rosette in place or am I missing something?
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I think that's a grand question...because, pressure rollers or no, if this were done in MY shop, that rosette would be imbedded in some wall, or crashing through a window. Lance has the touch.
And, he has one fine looking rosette!
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Lance I think I have seen this before

indeed! indeed!


Concept to reality!

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What is the specs on this? What size Ab are you useing, and how much maple are you leaving?

(Not planning on copying it exactly, but I like your dimensions.)

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