Here is the back of the neck being prepared for the joint. After the fretboard gluing surface is prepared, it goes onto the spindle sander for preparation of the headstock gluing surface.
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If the proof is in the pudding ... ... then dessert is served. Here is one of several projects that I have running concurrently, a Bass VI neck. It is...
A couple of months ago I had a thread up discussing my current fingerboard compound radius jig and looking to brainstorm a new, improved version. That...
What type of jig do you prefer to rout body binding? Build and Repair
TrueChannel Routing Jig
Using a Marples thin blade pull saw.
I have created a completely new design of my own that will provide maximum precision and versatility when radiusing fingerboards. This jig will allow me to...
UPDATE: I've improved the design of this jig by using t-nuts instead of simple nuts, it works so much better now... I also added a few more improvements... Y...
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Another Fretboard Radius Jig - MIMF
Neck shaping complete About to finalize neck thickness and shape The current batch of instruments is now just a handful of hours awa...
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Finally, I finished the plan for the Neck Router Jig! A flexible tool that helps you to create/re-create your favorite necks, or to do more advanced asymmetric neck shapes that otherwise can be time-consuming. About two years ago I finished the Neck Router Jig and did a post in Swedish about the idea and how it works. And
At last I have reached the fun bit where the beauty of the wood finally comes to light. Cleaning up The first step was to clean up the instrument all over using a scraper a 600 grade emery paper to get rid of any remaining tool marks and surface blemishes. Then the fingerboard was easily … Continue reading Violin week 7 – Finishing →
I have used a dremel tool with a Stewmac binding router base in the past with adequate success for cutting binding channels. I did seem to have an occasional problem with tear out, Last year I purchased at a garage sale, a binding set-up which had a sliding up and down stand with a Laminate Trimmer. To date I have been too lazy to figure out how it all goes together ( it was in pieces when I bought it). Is a laminate trimmer a much better tool fir cutting binding channels then a dremel?
Bandsaw Milling Log Jig: Excited to make and enter this into Instructable's Jigs and Rigs Speed Challenge. I made this jig to be able to mill logs into usable pieces of lumber on my bandsaw. I would be out walking with my wife and dog and come across nice black walnut logs…
