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Andy Culpepper
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For the luthiers, just curious how many jigs you use, which one is your favorite, did you make them yourself, are they your own invention, etc? By "jig" I mean, some type of contraption that you use to modify a machine or tool for a specific task, like using a guide for routing a headstock, or something you put on a bandsaw to cut a curve, that type of thing. And include photos please
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Date Dec. 23 2009 15:03:25
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estebanana
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RE: Jigs! (in reply to Andy Culpepper)
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The book that comes closest to giving a run down on Spanish style building is Roy Courtnall's book. To build jigs is not bad thing, but there's a lot of clever stuff you can do without them. One thing you may like to see are the tools that you make yourself to do Spanish building. The solera is really a jig, I guess......... or is it a fixture........hmmm.....no se. Those things would be purfling sizers, binding ledge cutters, ( or a router) peg shavers, rosette hole cutter, (again or router). I'm looking around here trying to find things that qualify as jigs. There's the little miter box for fret board slotting, (or buy preslotted boards to save your tendonitis) And the bench stop or bench hook. Everything here seems pretty primitive compared to the jigging up some people do. I'm actually having trouble spotting or thinking up things that would qualify as jigs. I was taught to make everything myself and at some point I told my teacher I was getting rid of as many tools as possible that I don't need on the bench. He thought that was a great idea. I have a band saw, a 12" disk sander, and a thickness sander which I got when I had really bad tendonitis and I still use it. I feel pretty wimpy about not hand planing every set of back and sides. I suppose that's my only sin, but my "luthiers elbow" has diminished greatly. I use the disk sander for my thumb nails, to get them ready to play guitar.
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Date Dec. 23 2009 20:22:38
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jshelton5040
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RE: Jigs! (in reply to Stephen Eden)
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ORIGINAL: SEden I like jigs! Not because I cant do it by hand but because it saves time! Theres still not a great deal that can be used. ? I use a router jig for making the head slots. A jig for drilling holes in the bridge and I am going to make a jig for drilling wholes in the head too. I use a solid mold and thats about it. it is posible to get a jig for routing out the head aswell but this is known to cause issues so i'd rather just do it by hand. If you can make 1 jig perfectly after that everything the jig makes will be perfect! I agree with Stephen. Jigs, appliances, fixtures or whatever you want to call them can save time and make some of the really tedious aspects of building much less boring. I have five different routers permanently set in various fixtures for everything from bridge inlays to making tentellones. Special sleeves for the table saw so I can put slotting blades on it to make cuts with extremely small kerfs. I can convert an ebony blank into a completely finished fingerboard with perfect square bottomed fret slots in under an hour (probably closer to 1/2 hour if I make more than one at a time). There's so much hand work involved in making a guitar it's nice to be able to concentrate on the really important stuff and let machines do the jobs that they are best suited for. I love power tools as well. I have two bandsaws, a resaw, table saw, two saber saws, circular saw, planer, jointer, 7 routers, thickness sander, plate joiner, disk sander, ocillating spindle sander, band sander, drill press, various air nailers and staplers, 3 power drills, 2 vacuum systems and 2 vacuum cleaners. Not to mention all the spray equipment, exhaust fans and hand tools and it still takes over a month to build a basic guitar.
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Date Dec. 25 2009 12:20:35
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