1. Take 2 aluminum L angles. Slot each to the appropriate scale, I used my stew mac slotting jig and templates
2. Taper your fretboard
3. Stick the two guides on as desired
4. Cut using handsaw.
Mike Doolin used to have this on his website with pictures, but it's pretty low-tech and works well.
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- Tue Feb 21, 2017 2:33 pm
- Forum: Tools and Jigs
- Topic: Fan Fretted template
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7445
- Tue Sep 01, 2015 10:23 am
- Forum: Solid-Body and Chambered or Semi-Solid Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: Separate bridge pieces for 6 string
- Replies: 9
- Views: 8995
Re: Separate bridge pieces for 6 string
ETS hardware in Germany also makes some nice stuff, which can be ordered direct (for a price..)
- Wed May 15, 2013 9:23 am
- Forum: Flat-Top Acoustic Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: A Grounding in Woodwork Prior to Doing a Lutherie Cousrse
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9682
Re: A Grounding in Woodwork Prior to Doing a Lutherie Cousrse
Flat as in flat and *smooth* (no bumps, rough spots, divots, etc). I know what flat means. I'm just not sure what he meant given my understanding that the wood I'll be using will already be flat. So it means no warping etc. No warping doesn't mean the piece has been jointed (planed flat, power join...
- Mon Jan 14, 2013 5:13 am
- Forum: Jam Session
- Topic: Grain mill
- Replies: 15
- Views: 16734
Re: Grain mill
Nice. My only 'concern' would be the food safety of those wheels...
- Tue Aug 07, 2012 6:23 am
- Forum: Flat-Top Acoustic Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: Rosette purfling problem
- Replies: 14
- Views: 9548
Re: Rosette purfling problem
I'm with Chuck and co - it's much, much easier to route for the main wood ring (no need to be super precise or tight), glue it in, and then route channels for the purfling lines. Makes installation a snap.
- Thu Jul 12, 2012 9:24 am
- Forum: Jam Session
- Topic: When do you decide to simply buy an instrument?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 26176
Re: When do you decide to simply buy an instrument?
Honestly? If I just wanted a really great acoustic guitar or two, the best option would have been to simply spend a few thousand on it. Instead, I've chosen to spend a large multiple of that on tooling and materials for a large multiple of that number of guitars. More fun? Yes. Cost-effective way of...
- Tue May 01, 2012 5:10 am
- Forum: Wood and Materials Q&A
- Topic: Ash wood
- Replies: 10
- Views: 9877
Re: Ash wood
I've only built guitars with swamp ash and some furniture with hard ash, and I do prefer both the look (subtle difference, granted, but still) and definitely the workability of swamp ash over hard ash. It is a bit more of a pain to grain fill, but only marginally so, and the weight is what sells it ...
- Tue May 01, 2012 5:06 am
- Forum: Solid-Body and Chambered or Semi-Solid Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: Hello to all question about double neck electrics
- Replies: 10
- Views: 10663
Re: Hello to all question about double neck electrics
Well, it's precisely because you appear to build various types of wooden things, including some that involve a fair degree of carving, that I don't get why you'd want a kit instead of building from scratch
- Tue May 01, 2012 5:03 am
- Forum: Solid-Body and Chambered or Semi-Solid Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: bolt on, bolt IN and set necks
- Replies: 26
- Views: 15614
Re: bolt on, bolt IN and set necks
Um, a creative marketing department? I consider all necks attached with bolts, no matter where said bolts reside, as 'bolt on necks'. I also believe that while there are some tonal differences between various attachment methods, the 'improved sustain' myth is just that, a myth, and that any solidly ...
- Fri Apr 27, 2012 6:14 am
- Forum: Solid-Body and Chambered or Semi-Solid Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: Hello to all question about double neck electrics
- Replies: 10
- Views: 10663
Re: Hello to all question about double neck electrics
If you can build an acoustic, you can definitely build an electric (certainly simple slab bodied ones). I never quite understand the appeal of electric kits - you get to do all the 'annoying', fiddly stuff (wiring, finishing, sanding, more sanding, fret dressing, setup) and don't get the fun bits (t...
- Mon Apr 23, 2012 9:59 am
- Forum: Jam Session
- Topic: Japanese woodworking bench?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5281
Re: Japanese woodworking bench?
Get a workmate. It folds up small, add a top for larger projects, you've got a built-in vise...great tool. Probably one of my most used bits of workshop kit, even though I have a 'proper' workbench, mostly because I like working outside, weather permitting.
- Mon Apr 23, 2012 9:32 am
- Forum: Solid-Body and Chambered or Semi-Solid Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: Hello to all question about double neck electrics
- Replies: 10
- Views: 10663
Re: Hello to all question about double neck electrics
I've never seen a double-neck kit as such. Warmoth sells a few bodies... I've played with the idea of building one several times over the years, even drawn up a number of plans, but what keeps stopping me is the fact that besides looking cool, I very much doubt I'd actually play the thing very often...
- Mon Apr 23, 2012 9:26 am
- Forum: Solid-Body and Chambered or Semi-Solid Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: First time build
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6655
Re: First time build
1. Sapele makes a fantastic neck. Sometimes/often heavier than 'true' mahoganies, and a little less easy to carve. I've used Sipo, Sapele and Khaya 'african mahoganies' for both bodies and necks without problems or hesitation. I like honduran better in terms of carving, but only slightly, and it's t...
- Wed Mar 21, 2012 5:56 am
- Forum: Jam Session
- Topic: Thinking of Spooncarving
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7708
Re: Thinking of Spooncarving
Try wood turning. It's kind of like crack when your 'normal' woodworking projects (= guitars) involve 100+ hours of cutting, planing, sanding, scraping and fiddling with tiny details. I bought a cheapie lathe on a whim, and I'm not really any good or all that experienced (few pens, couple of bowl/je...
- Mon Mar 19, 2012 5:57 pm
- Forum: Jam Session
- Topic: Chocolate Recipes to cure your Cabin Fever!
- Replies: 15
- Views: 18023
Re: Chocolate Recipes to cure your Cabin Fever!
Well, yes, but butter is easily substituted. The chocolates I use contain letchin, but no casein or whey. I tend to buy bulk Valrhona or Callebaut chips (usually the latter for 'regular' use as they are fairly cheap and really quite good. Have several kilos left).
- Mon Mar 19, 2012 8:19 am
- Forum: Jam Session
- Topic: Chocolate Recipes to cure your Cabin Fever!
- Replies: 15
- Views: 18023
Re: Chocolate Recipes to cure your Cabin Fever!
Does anyone have a recipe for dairy free chocolate I can make at home? Kurt, dairy-free chocolate what? Chocolate shouldn't have dairy in it - just cocoa solids, butter, generally some degree of sugar (I'm not a big fan of unsweetened, but then again you don't really see that at all over here) and ...
- Sat Mar 17, 2012 1:34 pm
- Forum: Tools and Jigs
- Topic: 10 or 12 inch Jointer/Planer
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5980
Re: 10 or 12 inch Jointer/Planer
If you're building guitars, I'd say the 10" should be fine - only thing it won't do is joint or plane 1-piece electric guitar body blanks, but neither will the 12", so it's a bit of a non-issue in that regard. I have a basic 'portable' 13" planer and have just bought a 6" jointer...
- Thu Mar 15, 2012 6:06 pm
- Forum: Wood and Materials Q&A
- Topic: Fancy figured woods...
- Replies: 97
- Views: 87682
Re: Wood porn...
Very nice! Where did you get the Pernambuco? I've got a shipment of fretboards coming in from Spain, should land tomorrow. In the meantime, some 'oldie but goodie' from my stash pile: Bit of traditional quilt maple: http://mvalente.home.xs4all.nl/maple/quilt_billet03a.jpg My 'Darth Vader' (or possib...
- Thu Mar 15, 2012 5:27 pm
- Forum: Tools and Jigs
- Topic: Dragon rasp?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 19046
Re: Dragon rasp?
I have a pair of the large ones, from DICK gmbh in Germany, but I believe its the same product. They are nice, especially for the price, but nowhere near as nice as my Arious... The 'Chinese' rasps from Dick (which don't seem to be available any more) look very similar to the Dragon rasps, so I'm g...
- Thu Mar 15, 2012 5:18 pm
- Forum: Tools and Jigs
- Topic: Is the Bosch POF 1200 AE suitable for neck cavities?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 10577
Re: Is the Bosch POF 1200 AE suitable for neck cavities?
I have owned the smaller green line Bosch router - unimpressed with durability, OK adjustment. The blue line stuff is good to great (had a euro plunge model I liked OK, and have a 1617EVS, US, running on a step down transformer that I like a lot). Arnt's right - spend a little more and get a good qu...