Marshwood Acoustic, Chapter 3, The Top

The Douglas Fir top has been joined and sanded. This piece of wood has lots of personality. It is not the traditional choice for this application but it has all of the characteristics which make it a good sounding board. The rosette is the decorative circle which surrounds the sound hole of the acoustic. I have chosen a traditional and simple approach by using a pre-made herringbone rosette.







After lining up the rosette in position and marking its location on the top it was time to route the cavity. Using a Port-a-Cable laminate trimmer and a rosette cutting jig the channel was routed. Once the fit was good and tight it was glued in.







After the glue was dried the rosette was scraped and sanded flush with the top. The fit is really tight and is seamless. I am happy with that.










After the rosette was sanded flush the top was thicknessed with a drum sander to approximately 2.6 mm. Then using the same jigs and router I cut out the sound hole.