While the heel and tail blocks on #006 were being glued in place, my mind wandered to making a rosette for #007, a tenor with back and sides of Bolivian Rosewood and ebony bindings. A rosette of the same woods ought to look nice against a spruce top. So, back to the mill and rotary table.
First, a scrap of the RW was retrieved....
....and cut up into smaller pieces.
Plywood scrap was centered on the rotary table to serve as a pattern and sacrificial base.
First, a scrap of the RW was retrieved....
....and cut up into smaller pieces.
Plywood scrap was centered on the rotary table to serve as a pattern and sacrificial base.