That's a mighty fancy bridge slottin' jig there Todd.
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| Author: | Ed Haney [ Sun Oct 04, 2009 12:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Homemade jig ideas for routing bridge slots ON the guitar? |
What does your jig look like for routing/truing new or existing bridge slots with the bridge on the guitar? I looked at the jig StewMac has for $141. http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Tools/Speci ... g_Jig.html I figure some of you talented fellows have figured out how to do it cheaper and better. What are some good ideas? I need to true-up an existing slot in a bridge already on the guitar. I decided to go with a Dremel tool with a StewMac router base for it since I can also use it for some other light duty tasks. Yeah , I know its not the best most powerful tool and heavy-duty set-up, especially compared to a full size router. But I thought it would be adequate to get started with light work like this. Thanks, Ed |
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| Author: | Pat Redmiles [ Sun Oct 04, 2009 6:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Homemade jig ideas for routing bridge slots ON the guitar? |
Hello Ed. There's been a variety of setups described over the years, so have a Google search session and see what you can find. Myself, I built a setup out of aluminum plate (which can be cut easily with carbide saw blades) and several sets of bearing slides I found on ebay. The bearing slides are nice, and new ones from industrial suppliers are hundreds of dollars, but the ebay ones were $20 or so. It's designed to be multiuse so that I can use it for saddle slots, nut slots, and binding routing. I don't have any photos, but next time I'm in the shop, I'll take a few and post them. It uses a small Porter-Cable trimmer router, which I've found to work the best. Stay tuned for pics! |
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| Author: | Bill Hodge [ Tue Oct 06, 2009 9:15 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Homemade jig ideas for routing bridge slots ON the guitar? |
That's a mighty fancy bridge slottin' jig there Todd.
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