"Special Tools " Either Bought or Homemade

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Comment by jabes on April 20, 2013 at 11:47am

a champagne/cava cork makes for a comfy file handle,when dressing yer frets etc..

 

Comment by Thomas Petry on March 11, 2013 at 8:50pm

Bluesheart, that is one cool drill!

Comment by Bluesheart on March 11, 2013 at 4:04pm

Comment by Lewis Harris on February 20, 2013 at 4:49pm

Hey Guys, new to group.I like building gadget's almost as much a building CBG's. I'll post a few pics of some soon.

Comment by steven smith-- dewy on February 6, 2013 at 11:06am

http://www.cigarboxnation.com/photo/2013-02-06-10-00-43?context=user

Comment by David McQueen on December 17, 2012 at 8:27am

I saw a post somewhere where a person was looking for an easy way to set the neck on a back angle from the top of the box. I used a cedar shingle. I cut it to neck width and length of the box and then used it as a saw guide to cut the back angle on a table saw. I just attached it to the neck with double faced tape. This gave me about a 1.5 degree back angle and allowed me to raise the bridge between 1/8 and 1/4 inch.

I am running my necks just to the back of the box and using a tail piece.

Comment by David McQueen on December 9, 2012 at 10:38am

I have been using pieces of piano hinge for tail pieces.  With the box size I am using they work really well.  This is a drilling jig I made up for drilling the string and mounting holes. this one is for a six string.  I have one for a 4 or 3 string.HInge and jig ready to go  JIg folded up and ready for drilling

Comment by David McQueen on December 9, 2012 at 10:34am

I wanted to do some fret radiusing but did not want to pay for the sanding board. I made a compass from some 1/4" stock and carved a convex 16" radius sanding board.  Then I glued some sandpaper to it and I used that and set up a shooting board to make the concave 16" radius board. A little spray glue and I had a fret sanding board for 16" radius.  I also did one for 12" radius.  I just used an old 2"x 3" for the boards.  They are not perfect but they work.Positive and negative  Top View

Comment by Diglydog on December 2, 2012 at 11:01am

That wine cork is a fantastic idea. I bet "Bastardo" wine gives you a pretty mean hangover ;-)

Comment by Suspect Device on December 2, 2012 at 2:02am

Aye, that IS a great idea! And now to make some depth-stop blanks. ...glug glug glug...hic.

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