On my way to making my first classical guitar rosette.

Kevin in California · Post by **Kevin in California** » Tue Jan 03, 2017 12:36 pm

I purchased the Rosette Making course on Robbie Obriens website, and got inspired to make a rosette for my next classical.
I've done some designs for tiles, and the veneer and fish glue will be here this week to make that.
Saturday I decided to go ahead and give a try to making some herringbone (and/or rope or wheat) purflings from some wood that I had around the shop.
I had maple, walnut and santos mahogany scraps in lengths at least 18" long, so I set out to make some veneers. This was quite a bit of work, but fun to do.
Cutting sticks that were the width and length I wanted, then cutting strips at about .08 mil and then pulling them through a veneer thicknesser I made from the video course to get them down to about .06 mil. Then the glue up, the cutting, regluing, and finally slicing off the last stick to get a piece that will be cut down the middle and then glued together to make the herringbone.
In the pic is the thicknesser, the fist strip cut off, and the remaining stick. I can get at least 8 slices hopefully from the stick which will give me 4 sets of purflings for a rosette, or I an take 4, glue them up two each end to end and have top purflings to go around the guitar top.
I will post more pics as I get the herringbone done, and begin to make the log out of purflings from which the tiles for the rosette will be made. Alot of work, but this is fun!

John Parchem · Post by **John Parchem** » Tue Jan 03, 2017 6:31 pm

Cool! I purchased and watch the course, even bought the veneer and fish glue ... still waiting to try. Maybe you will give me the inspiration I need.

Dave Bagwill · Post by **Dave Bagwill** » Tue Jan 03, 2017 6:57 pm

John - in the book you loaned me - Bogdanovich - there is a Looooooong chapter on making that 'wheat' motif rosette. I think it would take me about 3 years to make it. Did you ever try it?

Kevin in California · Post by **Kevin in California** » Tue Jan 03, 2017 7:09 pm

I have the Bogdanovich book also, and his way differs a little from what the guy in Robbie's course shows, but the outcome is the same.
It is a long process.

Herman · Post by **Herman** » Wed Jan 04, 2017 12:28 pm

Way to go Kevin. That is a lot of effort to make a rosette!
Herman

John Parchem · Post by **John Parchem** » Wed Jan 04, 2017 4:08 pm

Kevin in California wrote:I have the Bogdanovich book also, and his way differs a little from what the guy in Robbie's course shows, but the outcome is the same.
It is a long process.

I never have tried it. I have always been intrigued. Now I am going to order it from Kevin.

Kevin in California · Post by **Kevin in California** » Wed Jan 04, 2017 8:43 pm

Ha ha, sure but I only do them in batches of 50.

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