jshelton5040 -> RE: Jigs! (Dec. 25 2009 12:20:35)
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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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