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Week 4 – More Sound Hole work

Posted on March 4, 2015December 1, 2019 by Iain 'Cutty' Carlin

 Cutting the inlay channel

  1. Block planed the inlays round sound hole till flush with top
  2. With 10mm router bit, but rosette inlay circle to 1.5mm deep. Start nearer neck end in case mistakes are made because these can be covered up by the neck.
  3. Start from the centre of rosette then adjust outwards slowly in micro-steps until the router just starts to cut into the other inlays

Cutting the inlay for the rosette

  1. Cut the inlay to the outside diameter of the channel (can always cut a slot to make it smaller if it doesn’t fit
  2. Then cut the inner side of the inlay based on the width of the channel (not the diameter of the inner edge).
  3. Had to sand the inner and outer edges of the inlay because it was too wide for the channel
  4. Once the width was OK, had to cut a slot in the top to allow it to spring out to fit the size of the channel
  5. Smear glue inside the inlay trench, pressing in the inlay and then hold down with  clamps and a block of wood to bench

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