Questions: Jig for Oval Rosettes

by R.M. Mottola

Originally published in American Lutherie #97, 2009

Greg Pacetti of Fairbanks, Alaska asks:

I’m in pursuit of some kind of jig for oval rosettes.

The Questions column editor responds:

Probably the single best source of info on cutting oval rosette channels appeared in the American Lutherie article “Making Oval Mandolin Rosettes” by Jonathon Peterson, et al. (AL#41 p. 34, BRBAL4 p. 140). In it, seven builders describe their methods. ◆