Turn a drawing into a full size templet. How to use the programs you may already have. - Cigar Box Nation2024-03-29T04:57:20Zhttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/forum/topics/turn-a-drawing-into-a-full-size-templet-how-to-use-the-programs?commentId=2592684%3AComment%3A3112058&feed=yes&xn_auth=noOK I been playing around with…tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2018-07-23:2592684:Comment:31685532018-07-23T19:07:16.963ZCause the Blue rathttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/CausetheBluerat
<p>OK I been playing around with this and have learned an even easier way to put things together. </p>
<p>Use legal size paper when printing. </p>
<p>Size your final drawing on your spread sheet. Remember to measure your neck pocket right on the computer screen. Or have an object you can cut and paste to the spread sheet the exact size of your neck heal. Then copy this to a draw program. Convert to original size. Then add your measuring grid. Group everything and export as a gif or…</p>
<p>OK I been playing around with this and have learned an even easier way to put things together. </p>
<p>Use legal size paper when printing. </p>
<p>Size your final drawing on your spread sheet. Remember to measure your neck pocket right on the computer screen. Or have an object you can cut and paste to the spread sheet the exact size of your neck heal. Then copy this to a draw program. Convert to original size. Then add your measuring grid. Group everything and export as a gif or jpg. Paste this back into your spreadsheet. Recheck the size and print. Now you wont have to draw out the grid. Every copy will have the exact same lines. Glue the paper directly on the wood. Use a paste or spray to keep from wrinkles. Then once done mineral spirits will take it right off. </p>
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<p>Not only is this easier to line things up. But going from letter to legal paper you go from six sheets to four for an average size guitar body. </p> Those are awesome guitars Pau…tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2018-05-04:2592684:Comment:31144902018-05-04T18:05:07.750ZCause the Blue rathttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/CausetheBluerat
<p>Those are awesome guitars Paul! Using the body as a template instead of cutting it up is a great idea too. </p>
<p>Those are awesome guitars Paul! Using the body as a template instead of cutting it up is a great idea too. </p> I had a plywood Strat body th…tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2018-05-03:2592684:Comment:31136972018-05-03T19:23:38.641ZPaul Craighttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/PaulCraig
<p>I had a plywood Strat body that I used as a template. Then I would make changes to the drawing to get something different. Here's 3 picks of guitars that came from that.…<a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/306699093?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/306699093?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="721"></img></a> <a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/306699950?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/306699950?profile=original" width="480"></img></a></p>
<p>I had a plywood Strat body that I used as a template. Then I would make changes to the drawing to get something different. Here's 3 picks of guitars that came from that.<a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/306699093?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/306699093?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="721" class="align-full"></a><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/306699950?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/306699950?profile=original" width="480" class="align-full"></a><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/306700966?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/306700966?profile=original" width="480" class="align-full"></a></p> Update on technique.
In some…tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2018-05-02:2592684:Comment:31130892018-05-02T18:17:24.668ZCause the Blue rathttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/CausetheBluerat
<p>Update on technique.</p>
<p>In some spreadsheet programs. Once you choose to view it in page view the program divides the main spreadsheet into the pages. You get to see the page lines when you view the entire spreadsheet. This is how this can help you when printing and lining up your template. </p>
<p>Use the page lines to better center your drawing. This can also help you keep that most important neck measurement on a single page. Another thing you can do is use the corners of each page.…</p>
<p>Update on technique.</p>
<p>In some spreadsheet programs. Once you choose to view it in page view the program divides the main spreadsheet into the pages. You get to see the page lines when you view the entire spreadsheet. This is how this can help you when printing and lining up your template. </p>
<p>Use the page lines to better center your drawing. This can also help you keep that most important neck measurement on a single page. Another thing you can do is use the corners of each page. If your drawing is completely hollow you can do this to help line it up. Find all the page corners within your drawing. Use the fill option to color in the two cells on each page's corners. Once printed you can line your template up using these colored corners. You can even use these as 'keys' to allow you to line up the paper by placing them at the edges. Opposite of each page. </p> :....... Then make the mods o…tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2018-05-01:2592684:Comment:31124052018-05-01T18:16:07.682ZCause the Blue rathttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/CausetheBluerat
<p>:......<span>. Then make the mods on the new templet. What's nice is being abl...."</span></p>
<p><span>thanks mom. : ) My left hand doesn't know what my right hand is doing at times. Actually the word can be spelt either way. </span></p>
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<p>:......<span>. Then make the mods on the new templet. What's nice is being abl...."</span></p>
<p><span>thanks mom. : ) My left hand doesn't know what my right hand is doing at times. Actually the word can be spelt either way. </span></p>
<p>quoted from Dictionary.com</p>
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<div class="def-set"><p><span><span class="oneClick-link">1670s,</span></span> <span class="dbox-italic"><span><span class="oneClick-link">templet</span></span></span> <span><span class="oneClick-link">"horizontal</span> <span class="oneClick-link">piece</span> <span class="oneClick-link">under</span> <span class="oneClick-link">a</span> <span class="oneClick-link">girder</span> <span class="oneClick-link">or</span> <span class="oneClick-link">beam,"</span> <span class="oneClick-link">probably</span> <span class="oneClick-link">from</span><span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">French</span></span> <span class="dbox-italic"><span><span class="oneClick-link">templet</span></span></span> <span><span class="oneClick-link">"weaver's</span> <span class="oneClick-link">stretcher,"</span> <span class="oneClick-link">diminutive</span> <span class="oneClick-link">of</span></span> <span class="dbox-italic"><span><span class="oneClick-link">temple</span></span></span><span>, <span class="oneClick-link">which</span> <span class="oneClick-link">meant </span><span class="oneClick-link">the</span> <span class="oneClick-link">same</span> <span class="oneClick-link">thing,</span> <span class="oneClick-link">from</span> <span class="oneClick-link">Latin</span></span> <span class="dbox-italic"><span><span class="oneClick-link">templum</span></span></span> <span><span class="oneClick-link">"plank,</span> <span class="oneClick-link">rafter,"</span> <span class="oneClick-link">also</span> <span class="oneClick-link">"building</span> <span class="oneClick-link">for</span><span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">worship"</span> <span class="oneClick-link">(see temple</span></span><span> <span class="oneClick-link">(n.1)).</span></span> <br/><br/><span><span class="oneClick-link">The</span> <span class="oneClick-link">meaning</span> <span class="oneClick-link">"pattern</span> <span class="oneClick-link">or</span> <span class="oneClick-link">gauge</span> <span class="oneClick-link">for</span> <span class="oneClick-link">shaping</span> <span class="oneClick-link">a</span> <span class="oneClick-link">piece</span> <span class="oneClick-link">of</span> <span class="oneClick-link">work"</span> <span class="oneClick-link">is</span> <span class="oneClick-link">first</span><span class="oneClick-link">recorded</span> <span class="oneClick-link">1819</span> <span class="oneClick-link">in</span> <span class="oneClick-link">this</span> <span class="oneClick-link">form,</span> <span class="oneClick-link">earlier</span></span> <span class="dbox-italic"><span><span class="oneClick-link">temple</span></span></span> <span><span class="oneClick-link">(1680s);</span> <span class="oneClick-link">the</span> <span class="oneClick-link">form</span> <span class="oneClick-link">was</span> <span class="oneClick-link">altered</span><span class="oneClick-link">1844,</span> <span class="oneClick-link">probably</span> <span class="oneClick-link">influenced</span> <span class="oneClick-link">by</span></span> <span class="dbox-italic"><span><span class="oneClick-link">plate</span></span></span><span>, <span class="oneClick-link">but</span> <span class="oneClick-link">the</span> <span class="oneClick-link">pronunciation</span> <span class="oneClick-link">did</span> <span class="oneClick-link">not</span> <span class="oneClick-link">begin</span> <span class="oneClick-link">to </span><span class="oneClick-link">shift</span> <span class="oneClick-link">until</span> <span class="oneClick-link">much</span> <span class="oneClick-link">more</span> <span class="oneClick-link">recently.</span></span></p>
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</div> Templatetag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2018-05-01:2592684:Comment:31120582018-05-01T12:49:27.758ZRon "Oily" Spraguehttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/RonaldSprague
<p>Template</p>
<p>Template</p> Here's a different Danelectro…tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2018-04-30:2592684:Comment:31115382018-04-30T18:11:30.498ZCause the Blue rathttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/CausetheBluerat
<p>Here's a different Danelectro body pattern I've modified. There will be more mods done before I'm done. I'll be able to tape copy paper together and trace this pattern. Then make the mods on the new templet. What's nice is being able to use real parts to trace out their positions on the template. Use the same body template to do pickguard or back routing looks. </p>
<p>Any shape I can come up with that will still keep the neck to tail piece stable. And I've got a few off the wall ones I…</p>
<p>Here's a different Danelectro body pattern I've modified. There will be more mods done before I'm done. I'll be able to tape copy paper together and trace this pattern. Then make the mods on the new templet. What's nice is being able to use real parts to trace out their positions on the template. Use the same body template to do pickguard or back routing looks. </p>
<p>Any shape I can come up with that will still keep the neck to tail piece stable. And I've got a few off the wall ones I want to try. All I have to do is draw them. </p> Sorry Richard. That was my fa…tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2018-04-30:2592684:Comment:31116152018-04-30T17:45:13.108ZCause the Blue rathttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/CausetheBluerat
<p>Sorry Richard. That was my fault. I should have made it more clear that I was modding the templet. And I've seen those scrunchies. They are only a small part of the mountain of gimmicks for guitars. I have the right to laugh at it. I've fallen for gimmicks in the past. I was thinking of cutting a foam pad that would be no more than three frets long, three strings wide and tight enough to hold the strings in check. </p>
<p>Checked out your link. Cool guitars. What I'm doing is using one six…</p>
<p>Sorry Richard. That was my fault. I should have made it more clear that I was modding the templet. And I've seen those scrunchies. They are only a small part of the mountain of gimmicks for guitars. I have the right to laugh at it. I've fallen for gimmicks in the past. I was thinking of cutting a foam pad that would be no more than three frets long, three strings wide and tight enough to hold the strings in check. </p>
<p>Checked out your link. Cool guitars. What I'm doing is using one six string neck for two different three string tunings. Be cool if I could dye half the fret board to show the idea. </p> Thats cool!tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2018-04-30:2592684:Comment:31110632018-04-30T04:48:44.335Z3 String Blueshttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/three_stringer_guitars
<p>Thats cool!</p>
<p>Thats cool!</p> Awesome guitar Richard!
I'm s…tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2018-04-30:2592684:Comment:31111412018-04-30T04:34:16.354ZCause the Blue rathttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/CausetheBluerat
<p>Awesome guitar Richard!</p>
<p>I'm starting from scratch. Or in this case, scraps. Don't have a guitar to cut up. So I'll print out the templet and cut it out of some plywood that'll be glued together to make a thicker body. A piece of 3/4, 1/2 and top it with 1/4. Still not sure if I want a pick guard or pickup rings. Still working on it. I did squish the body a bit to make it smaller in length. </p>
<p>Plan on making this a "double neck" using one six string neck with two different three…</p>
<p>Awesome guitar Richard!</p>
<p>I'm starting from scratch. Or in this case, scraps. Don't have a guitar to cut up. So I'll print out the templet and cut it out of some plywood that'll be glued together to make a thicker body. A piece of 3/4, 1/2 and top it with 1/4. Still not sure if I want a pick guard or pickup rings. Still working on it. I did squish the body a bit to make it smaller in length. </p>
<p>Plan on making this a "double neck" using one six string neck with two different three string tunings. Modifying the nut and bridge. Going to try this first with one of the regular guitars I have. I'm thinking I may need a way to deaden the three string side not in use. Not that I can't play three strings at a time. I'm afraid of unwanted overtones if the two sets of three are tuned in different keys. </p>