Rosette with a lot of inlaywork, now ready

[Herman]

After all inlay work is done, all the gaps were filled with epoxy. stained with black dye.



Scraping the epoxy off and a carefull pass under the thickness sander. It's only 1,5 mm thick!!!



Taking the outer perimeter off with the dremel.



Glueing the purfling b/w/b on after a touch bending. Had to borrow the needles from the misses.



You could mention: why b/w/b? Why not just b/w to the ebony.
Well before I had some tiny gaps between the rosette and the purfling. And these are easier to cover between black and black.
Gaps between black and white show more easily.
So that is why.
Herman

[John Link]

Herman, you have a very beautiful design in the first place, though a tough one to execute. But thanks to your rather profound level of craftsmanship, the execution simply reinforces the strength of the thinking that went into the design.

[Herman]

After cutting the inside off, the inner purfling is prebent and glued. Trying to keep all in a perfect circle.



Routing the rosette in the usual way.



Despite all effort the rosette was not perfectly round so the slot had to be made a touch wider. After glueing it in the tiny gaps were filled with pumice, glue and black dye. I have to say it looks flawless now.
Here's the soundhole completed:
Mission completed.

[Kevin in California]

Herman that is just SWEET! Nice job!

[John Link]

Positively gorgeous Herman, way to go.

[Dave Bagwill]

Well done, Dutchman!! :-)

[John Parchem]

really nice! That is a lost of inlay work