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well I am on my second kit build. This one I have to do quite a bit more then the first. It is a clone of the stew mac kit.


24 clamps is NOT enough good thing I got them at the borg for 37 cents


I have been going ok but tonight I had a boo boo I am not sure how to fix.

I put in the rosette and then came back later to plane it down and promptly tore off a chunk. I decided to pull out the rest and now I have no rosette. I could try my hand at making a wood one but don't think I can do a good enough job or maybe some colored epoxy.. any suggestions?

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Zac

Anchorage Alaska

Finshed my 1st! See #1 here

Rosettes are not hard. I learned not to do anything to the rosette until it is installed. Not to help you out ,what kind of rostette do you like? Wood is cool. I say try and make one , if that doesn't work out call for help. I can make a rosette as can alot of people here. We are here to help
john hall
blues creek guitars.
Also check out GRIZZLY.com they have material as does stewart macdonald

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John Hall
blues creek guitars
Authorized CF Martin Repair
Co President of ASIA
You Don't know what you don't know until you know it

See if you can order another rosette wherever you got the kit from.

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Jeremy Douglas

I just build that same kit. When i did the rosette, I used super glue and then a sanding block until I got the rosette down closer to the wood. Then I scraped with a razor until I was much closer. Then sanded the entire top piece.

I think my approach stresses the rosette less, so there's less chance of it coming out. or maybe it was the super glue...

I'd try some colored epoxie for a fix. Might be hard to sand flush though and it might leak out and stain the rest of the wood around the hole.....

I guess I'm not much help...

Someone suggested trying to make one in a patchwork pattern out of scrap and then I remembered some nice wood rosettes Ive seen in wood here so I think I may try to do one in wood or buy some veneer strips and trim them to size I will post pics of my fix when done.

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Zac

Anchorage Alaska

Finshed my 1st! See #1 here