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I'm thinking 2 Strap Hinges will do the same job.

Nice tool, but there's nothing to keep the two pieces from skating around.

Pat

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As the guy demonstrating it says, if the force is perpendicular to the mating surfaces, there won't be any slippage.

Do those come in a three inch wide version to clamp across the entire width of the scarf? If so, I'd get some, looks like a great system.

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Do those come in a three inch wide version to clamp across the entire width of the scarf? If so, I'd get some, looks like a great system.

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Do those come in a three inch wide version to clamp across the entire width of the scarf? If so, I'd get some, looks like a great system.

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They look cool and certainly will work, but for me the fun of woodworking is making weird custom cauls for specific applications. Generally this scrap wood and 15 minutes. When I first saw it I was hoping for a clamp to go into the holes so the fumbling in the video does not happen, a pivoting arm with a flat spot in the holes could work too. It is a good solution, but hard to compete in price with 15 minutes and scrap wood.
I don't have any pictures of the FJ clamp I made for this project, 40' glue ups each with 2 FJ's. There were a total of 108 boards made 15" x 40'. The clamp rack pictured is made from a warehouse shelving unit on its side. It was made and used for this project only. FJ's done on a shaper with a sled, side glue joints on a moulder, finished in a wide belt, wood was reclaimed teak.

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Interesting and a good candidate for stew mac catalog but I use and prefer the same setup Filippo is showing.
Tom

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Wouldn't be too difficult to make a 3" version out of scrap plywood and a piece of broom stick.

I think his precision requirements are different than ours. I use a clipped brad ~1/16" proud in one side of the scarf bevel as insurance. It prevents slippage in case I'm not dead on perpendicular.

Ah, yes. And therein lies the rub.

I use this. One block added to my scarf jig, where the clamp at the lower right is. Borrowed from Cumpiano.

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If you look in the video, either he didn't line it up (which with the fumbling may be the case) or it slipped.

I finally spent 10 minutes making the Cumpiano fixture and had really good results without the emergency clamp shuffle I had been doing in previous attempts.

I made my version of Cumpiano's jig and haven't looked back. I like that it's simple to caul the joint full width, and it's simple to test fit before gluing, knowing that my glue joint will have identical alignment to the test fit.

Hey, you're right! Good idea.

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Does your bench have dog holes ???? Then no jig required. I use a bench dog to stop/set the end of the headstock piece. Then use a bar clamp the neck piece to the bench in its correct alignment. Add glue and clamp the headstock piece to the neck piece. Done. This takes all of 2 minutes to set up. I leave it claped to the bench for about ten minutes, then its set enough that you can unclamp from the bench and carry on with something else.

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I'm with Phillipo and Tony. I just use plywood end stops clamped or bench dogged down to prevent the slippage. No jigs or special tooling involved. I already have too many "special" tools laying around. Let the KISS principle prevail.

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Peter

But luthiers are supposed to love jigs and fixtures! Next thing you know you guys will be unscrewing light bulbs by hand!

Unscrewing light bulbs by hand ... nah .. thats what apprentices are for ....

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I never have to unscrew light bulbs because I drive mine in with a hammer.

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I started out using Cumpiano's method. Now I use two position pins/nails and clamp the joint. Just drill the holes when they are lined up the way I like.

http://home.asparagine.net/ant/blog/?p=121

Here's how I do it - no jig, nothing clamped to my workbench and perfect results. It's idiotically simple (probably how I stumbled upon it!). Everyone I know who has tried it has stuck with it and been very happy.