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Comment by David McQueen on December 9, 2012 at 4:38am

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 4:34am

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 5:01am

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

Comment by Suspect Device on December 1, 2012 at 8:02pm

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

Comment by Marcus P. Clarke on December 1, 2012 at 2:58pm

That cork stop is one great Idea. I used it for my tuner holes and it worked perfect. I cut it to depth with no chuck marks GREAT...

Comment by Thomas "Duck" Petry on December 1, 2012 at 5:47am

Makes it fun collecting the materials to make the drill stops out of too.

Comment by Bluesheart on December 1, 2012 at 5:32am

Here is a handy drill depth stop I made using a wine bottle cork. Drill trough cork , then trim it to leave the amount of bit you want exposed and drill away without going too deep. Perfect for slotted headstocks.

Comment by Bluesheart on December 1, 2012 at 5:29am

Comment by Habanera Hal on September 6, 2012 at 4:15pm

Doesn't really qualify as a "special" tool, but I couldn't do without it.  My father's old benchtop sander is at least forty years old and is the workhorse of my shop.  (Well, I guess that does make it "special".

Lately I noticed that it just wasn't sanding square though, so I took a staight-edge to the platten and was shocked at how much it had worn!  So I flipped a 50-grit belt inside out, ran it with a piece of dead-flat marble as a weight, and finished up with flat files and emory cloth.  That tuneup gave me a flat, square sanding surface again.  (I sprayed the platten with black lacquer so I could see my progress, like block sanding a car.)  It took about two hours and was worth every minute.

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Comment by Wade on June 12, 2012 at 4:06pm

smart idea Sam!

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