joej Posted September 28, 2004 Report Share Posted September 28, 2004 All the specs are google-able, MIMF has $ SG plans but I will try the free dxf/dwg template I found. But -- Are there any particular gotchas on building an SG? My list includes: Body balance concerns The body typically is light, so be careful and consider Choose neck/body woods well dual action truss rods increase neck weight may want to increase the body thickness a bit extreme case = shift neck/bridge lower Bevels SG bevels can be troublesome. I hope my eyeballs and microplaner do well ... anything else unique to SGs? -- joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SawDust_Junkie Posted September 28, 2004 Report Share Posted September 28, 2004 Hey Joe ! Good luck on your project. Sorry but I'm a newbie myself so I can't really offer any advice or tips. Would you mind telling me where you found the free .dxf/.dwr template at ? I would love to try an SG in the future myself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joej Posted September 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2004 guitarbuild.com has templates in CAD format. So, I pulled down the SG .dxf file ... and downloaded a free CAD .dxf viewer to view/print it. MIMF also has SG plans ... I may buy them, also. -- joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SawDust_Junkie Posted September 30, 2004 Report Share Posted September 30, 2004 I donwloaded that plan also, and the free viewer like you said, but I cannot figure out how to turn the .dxf file into a usable template. The plans from guitarbuild.com had not measurements, and the free viewr I downloaded (by BRAVA) does not have a print function. So how are you actually going to created a template frm these plans ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmmr Posted September 30, 2004 Report Share Posted September 30, 2004 Try voloviewer, you can download it also from guitarbuild.com Also another thing that people may find interesting is a software that allows you to use the print function and generate a .pdf file, i found it useful to print a template across several pages, the software is called PDF995, get it here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SawDust_Junkie Posted September 30, 2004 Report Share Posted September 30, 2004 Hello Immr, I downloaded Voloviewer like you recommended. Is it capable of printing the .dwg file out in actual scale on multiple pages ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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