FRETBOARD RADIUS JIG DEMO by JONAH GUITARS
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- čas přidán 7. 07. 2023
- Thought I'd demo my fretboard radius jig.I'm sure I've talked about this in other videos but not sure I've done a proper demo.
Dane Nichols builds and repairs guitars and other assorted stringed instruments in Mt. Shasta, Ca.
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It was the ggbo that I found you..watched ever since.....👍
Well CRAP! somebody did notice. I appreciate that very much sir!
Judging by your watch you are either up really early or you are working thru dinner time Lol! Sadly I still sand mine by hand. I drew up CAD plans for a jig like yours and a bunch of people on a forum built it and use it but I never got around to it. I think I'm convinced by this to bite the bullet and build one. Great job Dane!!!
You won’t regret making the jig it is a huge time saver. And if you were building a batch it would really save on the arm muscles. Probably working through dinner or ate early. Thanks for hanging out James.
man what a cool idea! you could even radius the fret slots with this set up!
Cool idea Randy. I had to scratch my head a bit before I could see what you meant. I just needed more coffee. How yah doing bud?
Thanks Randy, I guess you could cuts slots if you could figure out how to index the router.
First of all thanks for the kind words, much appreciated buddy.
If I didn't use handtools I'd get no excersise at all! Imagine how fat Id be then lol.
Takes me about 25 minutes to get a nice 12 inch radius using my sanding beam and regular blocks though.
You almost convinced me to sand my radius' in. LOL
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Brilliant, Dane! Simple and cheap. Exactly the kind of jig I would build. And I will build it (if I ever get done with my car revival project.)
I was thinking you could cut a series of notches, just less than the width of your bit, into the radiused edge of the sled so it rides straight, not cattywompus (Is that a technical term?) or cock-eyed. (That is definitely a technical term.) That would be the Pro model. Too good for me.
Thanks Todd, what kind of car project?
@@jonahguitarguy I'm updating a '79 Corvette that has a few driveability issues. And I'm contemplating building a new engine (383 stroker) for it. '79 was not a good vintage year for engines. Not the worst, but car makers hadn't yet learned how to meet smog regulations without sacrificing half the engine's power.
@@100amps, sounds like a fun project. I was an auto mechanic until '78.You're right things weren't good.
I sand my fretboard radius because router bits are expensive and sand paper is cheap, lol.
IDK man I'm still using router bits I bought when I was building cabinets. They last a long time if they Don't "run" into things they shouldn't. But I think folks should use a method they're comfortable with and they get the results they want.