The Guitar Trojy is used as a clamping fixture to hold guitars through various stages of construction.It is made up of these main componentsThe sides, brackets,shelf, base,...
The Guitar Trojy will be the first in a series of many GuitarJigs articles.The availability GuitarJigs products is limited due to overwhelming demand; therefore, we have we have decided to make all of our jig, fixture, and template plans freely available here at SoundSalon.We will be submitting detailed lessons on how to construct each and every one of the products we make.You are more than welcome build the products described: for yourself; and ...
Trace out your mold shape on a stack of glued plywood the same thickness as your mold. Mark the centerline, as well as the fingerboard edge line. Cut and sand the material until it resembles the cutaway you want.Place the insert in position, clamp it in place, and mark the position with a pencil line.Next we need to ...
My old Dremel base (that I made in haste) needed replacement, so I made a new base in about 20 minutes.
First, I cut out two rectangular pieces of 3/8" Polycarbonate on the bandsaw, and clamped them together.
Two perfectly vertical 7/32" holes were drilled near the ends to hold the 1/4" threaded rod that will be used for depth of cut adjustment.
The holes on the bottom section are 1/4"-20 tapped, and the top section holes are drilled out to 15/64".
A 1/16" center pilot hole was ...
By Alastair Miller ·
Here's my absolutely beautiful home made caliper's..... well they might not be the prettiest, but they do a swell job of measuring my tops and backs. They were an awful lot cheaper than buying a pair from your local luthier supply, and these ones come with a handy conversion chart.
I started this one with a chunk of 5/8" thick aluminum, a $15.00 dial indicator, and a thumb lever for the dial that the hardware store salesman gave me for next to ...
By Sergei de Jonge ·
When I started to make guitars in my own very sparsely equipped shop, I made the jigs for each guitar as I needed them. One of the first things I needed was a way to join tops and backs. I had seen them joined with a system of bar clamps, but bar clamps were expensive, and in these days I was chronically broke.
I had some scrap plywood, and I conceived a way of joining that I still use to this day. ...
By David LaVallee ·
Tough to make wood fit the mold without a side bending tool. My choice in side bending is the hot pipe. I didn't have one of my own, so I asked Mark Kett how to make one.
My contribution to the science of side bending is figuring out that a BBQ lighter has all the parts you need for a heating element (scavenging electrical heaters and ovens also works, water heater elements do not work).
Here is how you can make your own, only takes about three ...
