Re: 2nd scratch build - Carpathian over EIR
Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2015 5:30 pm
I've had to deal with all of the issues you're struggling with. I'll let you know what worked for me, and what didn't. I'm sure other members have more experience and will give you the benefit of their experiences.
Issue #1: I made the mistake the first time by making the rosette, removing it, then thicknessing it. Bad idea. I couldn't get it even. The second time, I thicknessed it before routing it into shape. Bad idea again. It was a lot to sand, because of the length of pieces. It heated up and disassembled. What worked for me, was to rout it out first, then thickness it, before removing it from the work board. It enabled me to evenly thickness it.
Issue #2: I had to find a way to keep the darn thing from spinning while routing, thicknessing. First, I tried spray adhesive, which worked great, until it started heating up, then it spun. Second, I tried a couple of spots of duco cement; it didn't spin, but I couldn't get it off either. LOL. I finally ended up using small pieces of double sided tape. I used about 6 pieces of double sided tape, ~ 1/4" x 1/2", evenly spaced around the rosette pieces. That solved the "spin" problem for me, and allowed me to remove the rosette without damage.
Issue #3: I inlaid my first rosette, which ended up getting ruined, because the dremel jig slipped, allowing the dremmel to go too deep. It cut through the rosette completely, which made gluing the abalone impossible, without gluing it to the backer board.
As a result, I bought a Ridgid compact router and made a jig for it (using pieces from the dremmel circle jig). It works great, but I never got the chance to inlay the new rosette. I think in the future, I'll inlay the wood rosette into the top, then inlay the pearl/abalone, after.
Issue #1: I made the mistake the first time by making the rosette, removing it, then thicknessing it. Bad idea. I couldn't get it even. The second time, I thicknessed it before routing it into shape. Bad idea again. It was a lot to sand, because of the length of pieces. It heated up and disassembled. What worked for me, was to rout it out first, then thickness it, before removing it from the work board. It enabled me to evenly thickness it.
Issue #2: I had to find a way to keep the darn thing from spinning while routing, thicknessing. First, I tried spray adhesive, which worked great, until it started heating up, then it spun. Second, I tried a couple of spots of duco cement; it didn't spin, but I couldn't get it off either. LOL. I finally ended up using small pieces of double sided tape. I used about 6 pieces of double sided tape, ~ 1/4" x 1/2", evenly spaced around the rosette pieces. That solved the "spin" problem for me, and allowed me to remove the rosette without damage.
Issue #3: I inlaid my first rosette, which ended up getting ruined, because the dremel jig slipped, allowing the dremmel to go too deep. It cut through the rosette completely, which made gluing the abalone impossible, without gluing it to the backer board.
As a result, I bought a Ridgid compact router and made a jig for it (using pieces from the dremmel circle jig). It works great, but I never got the chance to inlay the new rosette. I think in the future, I'll inlay the wood rosette into the top, then inlay the pearl/abalone, after.