tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174089749871447668.post6242714223177365560..comments2024-01-24T01:28:07.616-08:00Comments on what was the middle thing?: can a rosette have meaning?robert.ditterichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09989884861193656940noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174089749871447668.post-16126591185802925012011-09-29T00:51:53.744-07:002011-09-29T00:51:53.744-07:00Yep, I normally make violin purfling to match the ...Yep, I normally make violin purfling to match the mold shape (ie pre-curved) but sometimes I made long straight lengths for bending too. I normally use ebony for the blacks and kauri for the whites although this stuff is poplar in the white as I recall. Classical rosettes are made from a plethora of squared and rearranged stock to make the matchstick patterns..steel string rosettes are more open to interpretation and are generally more restrained. I'm not sure if I'd make a classical rosette...so fiddly and experts do it it huge batches.robert.ditterichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09989884861193656940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174089749871447668.post-14291754654181118792011-09-28T21:43:00.608-07:002011-09-28T21:43:00.608-07:00So, do you make your purfling? (no TV around here....So, do you make your purfling? (no TV around here...)dorymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16077373149267825091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174089749871447668.post-19854402334620624982011-09-28T19:15:12.219-07:002011-09-28T19:15:12.219-07:00I do:)I do:)urbanmonkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17674871237002604796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174089749871447668.post-61653823613072805432011-09-28T19:11:24.570-07:002011-09-28T19:11:24.570-07:00Three cheers for "silly types" who like ...Three cheers for "silly types" who like to create stories, beautiful instruments and music...who needs TV?goodvibeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14629336950875078538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174089749871447668.post-57768569022932115912011-09-28T16:09:08.544-07:002011-09-28T16:09:08.544-07:00Sorry if I've left out the grisly bits, it cer...Sorry if I've left out the grisly bits, it certainly isn't magic. I suppose I thought circle cutting was less interesting than timber selection! You can see the pin in the centre hole in one of those pics, well its job is to make the little router ONLY go round and round. The tricky bit is in setting the depth and diameter- but then doing a practice run on scrap sorts out all the issues, so that the tool can only do what you've pre-determined.<br /><br />The very inner cut does have vulnerable grain. Spruce can be very difficult and you need to consider grain direction all the time- but in this instance I only cut partially through with the power tool, finishing the release off with a surgical blade (xacto knife). <br /><br />You can avoid making a rosette though, there are firms that sell good quality pre-made items...<br /><br />Graham, this is a very small router, and it's much more likely that loss of control will be down to me rather than it!<br /><br />Working to a commission is generally lovely if small pieces of the client's life or story can be woven into details like this rosette. I once was commissioned to make a string quartet for a well known school and the cello was dedicated to a famous headmaster. I was able to incorporate timber from a cricket bat (willow for the linings), his old boarding house (red cedar for the blocks) and an old school piano (ebony for the nut and saddle) into details of the instrument. Do this and instruments have stories. People love stories...robert.ditterichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09989884861193656940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174089749871447668.post-27425408241426649882011-09-28T14:51:39.806-07:002011-09-28T14:51:39.806-07:00I'm with Doryman, I'd be terrified the rou...I'm with Doryman, I'd be terrified the router spun out of control, but I suppose that's where the skill comes in. It looks great, do you take commissions?<br />GrahamGraham Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05799325184475918080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7174089749871447668.post-5014236366559215912011-09-28T11:52:14.689-07:002011-09-28T11:52:14.689-07:00Rob, I'm following this process OK, but some o...Rob, I'm following this process OK, but some of it seems like magic. I assume you use a router to make all these circular cuts - it must be a very sensitive tool to make such clean work. The edge around the sound hole, inside your rosette has some very sensitive exposed grain that might chip at the slightest miss-step.<br />I'll stick to building boats. If I'd gone to all this trouble, then broken something, I'd cry! The pieces are all so delicate.<br />Is your top made from spruce? I don't remember you saying...<br /><br />michaeldorymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16077373149267825091noreply@blogger.com