My first classical guitar

[Kevin in California]

No pics but I have the back done this weekend, braces attached and carved. I also cut the slot for the end graft. I will be doing mitered purflings and I will install the binding first, then cut the end graft to fit.

Kevin

[Kevin in California]

Back is fit to the rims and ready to be glued on. I jointed the redwood top plates and they are glued up in the joining fixture.
Next step will be the install of the rosette. I will post a couple of pics when I install it, hopefully tonight.

[Kevin in California]

Got the rosette installed last night. I went slow, discovered that me 1/8" down spiral bit was too long to work in the stew mac router base/rosette cutting jig I made so I reverted to the 1/16" bit, so it took many more passes. I also had issues getting the depth right for some reason. The channel was about .010" too shallow when I was done routing so I scraped it down with a chisel to about .048". The rosette was .050" thick. I got a very good fit on this one with just the hint of a gap in a couple of places that filled in when the wood and rosette swelled from the moisture, so it came out quite good I think.
My wife picked out this rosette, she loves roses.
Next I'll cut out the profile, thickness the plate from the back side, cut out the sound hole and be ready to start the bracing.

[Herman]

Great rosette for a woman's guitar. Looks to me she's got great taste! Do you, Kevin?

[Kevin in California]

Ha ha, yes I do Herman, great taste in food, my wife, and my friends from Holland!!!!

[Dave Bagwill]

That is a lovely rosette.

[Kevin in California]

Can you imagine making a rosette like that by hand?