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Fret Jig

Here's a fret jig I made out of plexi. I can position the grain pattern just where I want it or in this case I had a scarf joint to hide, bet ya can't find it. The saw is a Harbor Freight flush cut saw with a stop glued to it so I get the perfect dep

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I Was Going "Nuts"....!

 

...it's ok, i'm not losing my sanity, though one aspect of my builds has been a hard nut to crack - that is, the humble "nut" - the one you glue into the neck/headstock assembly, be it bolt, bone or wood, this little detail can adversely affect the

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box bracing

What good are these for?

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When I first started making CBGs, I only made neck thrus. Since the box rides the neck, there is little to no need to brace the box. Now, I almost exclusively build fender style pocket necks where then neck attaches to

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Special Tools

I made this neck clamp with a broken two screw wood clamp (actually works better in this case  ) a saw guide for fretting and a pickup winder I made. not shown is a 30" t square drilled with small holes for 5 fret scales. Neck clamp has one side scre

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Power string winding bit

Simple speed winder for power drill.

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A small off cut, a worn screwdriver bit
Three 8mm holes in a row - the middle one all the way through the outside ones 10mm deep, a bit of chiselling and whittling a bit of superglue and bicarb to fix the bit in

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Raised Work Table

This is a real simple thing, a small platform raised off the main bench with a 6" pipe nipple and flanges. It is just a bit bigger than the boxes I work on. It gives a flat surface that can be clamped down from a couple of different sides.1079260209?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024

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Top Gluing Frame

I have been making my own boxes with solid wood.  The boxes are about 8" x 10" and the tops are 1/8" thick.  My saw will only cut 2 1/2" thick so I have to glue pieces together.  This is the frame I used. I put wax paper on each side of the wood to k

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Benchtop guitar clamp

When I was leveling frets my guitar would slide around a lot which was scratching the back of the box. I put it in my bench vise to hold it steady, but the angle was awkward and if I wanted to turn the instrument around to face the opposite way, I co

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Spoke Shave

Picked up an antique spoke shave at the flea market to use for shaping necks. Needs more sharpening but seems like it is going to be very satisfying to use. I'm mostly using hand tools only since we moved to MA. I like being more "in touch" with the

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Wine bottle cutting jig

John suggested I post this jig in "Special Tools" so here it is. Its just two pieces of wood joined by two hinges (?) and two brackets* to hold the Dremel. The cut off whell is a diamond coated 1.5" one. The bottle rests between two pieces of metal g

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Home made drill press

Hey yall ! I gota question. Does anybody remember those old black and deker drill press stands that you put a hand drill in and used it as a drill press ? If yall do, does anybody know how you could make one at home u know a diy type plan.

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