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Dyed Maple Burl Purfling Tutorial
I’ve been using dyed maple burl for rosettes for a few years. The rosette is routed from solid burl mosaic — no bending involved. It’s a well known method, used by many luthiers. When I wanted matching purfling, I had a problem. Burl is brittle. It cracks, crumbles, and as far as I know, nobody was bending it for purfling.
This to the point tutorial shows exactly how I do it.
It covers material selection, slicing uniform strips, preparation, bending, installation, and gluing. Close-up footage of each stage. A clear workflow you can repeat in your own shop.
This is the second release in the NK Forster Luthier Mentorship — a growing library of practical video tutorials from my workshop. I plan to add a couple of titles each year.
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Buy the Dyed Burl Purfling Tutorial – US$50