I can't route 100% of the pocket with the rosette jig so I do it like this:jread wrote: ↑Tue Jun 15, 2021 4:58 am You have explained this before but I’m still confused. Are you saying that you inlay a full, round coaster shaped piece of bubinga into the spruce? Ie, remove spruce all the way to the center pin?
That might help me as I tend to break my wooden rings if I make them ahead and try to inlay them. I do like flush to the sound hole and cut just wider than the inner ring. But inlaying a coaster sounds like it might be better.
I make the wood rosette by first cutting the rosette circle on outside diameter that I need. Then I cut the inside diameter hole smaller than a soundhole.. For the pocket, I start on the outside and route the pocket, leaving about 2 1/2" unrouted in the center, like you would if you were going to cut a 2 1/2" soundhole.
The rosette will then be worked like any other rosette. Once glued in I let it dry overnight. I put the top (with completed rosette) back on the pin for the rosette jig, and I route the soundhole through the rosette and top as one unit.