Soundhole/Rosette Routing Jig

Routed my first rosette and binding channels with this jig and it worked perfectly. Like another user mentioned the base did leave marks on the soundboard but it sands off in minutes.

Dont overtighten the screws!!!

Again this is a great tool. Very accurate. There have been some issues with the aluminum staining or marking the top as the cutter is turned. Also, I have noticed a couple of solutions offered. Try this. Get a blank self adhesive pick guard and attach it to the bottom of the jig. Trim and slightly bevel the edge and you are in business. Very smooth gliding across the spruce and mark free.

Let me start of by saying his tool is great and easy to use. It's very accurate and a nice addition to the arsenal of tools. There is one major issue though. The aluminum stained my cedar very badly and it took quite a bit of acetone and some sanding to remove it. For $50 and another $50 for the base you shouldn't have to worry about things like this. Any kind of thin varnish on the metal would protect the wood and prevent this. All in all performance is 5 star. The staining is about a 2.

It is well built, with very good materials, making it very accurate and easy to adjust. Great tool! highly recommended!

Worked great and even allowed me to reroute and replace purfling in the same channel of a rosette.

Worked like a charm!

when used with the router base this makes cutting rosette and sound hole very easy

The jig works extremely well. The only thing missing is a coated bottom. The one I received leaves marks like pencil lead when you rotate it against the top. I used two-inch clear packing tape to solve this problem with mine.

Was immediately modded upon taking it out of the box to cut circles up to 161mm. But otherwise I must say this tool has astonished me with it's precision, ease of use, and utility.