Jimm Posted December 4, 2002 Report Share Posted December 4, 2002 I need to know if anyone has designed a jig that simplifies this process. In the near future, I will be starting a shop that will be building bodies, but this is the only aspect that is causing me grief. I know that most of you hand shave these to specs, but in the interest of turn-around time for my customers, I will need to come up with something less time consuming. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted December 4, 2002 Report Share Posted December 4, 2002 I know I have used two very different methods to take the meat of the wood away. One involved a spindle sander using heavy grit, took about 5 minutes to get the job done. The other was with a stand up 1" belt sander and took about 15 minutes. I still can't figure out how to cut away the majority of the wood in that area without over doing it, anybody else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGM Guitars Posted December 4, 2002 Report Share Posted December 4, 2002 outside of how the big boys do it (CNC machines) it's basically by hand, however, if you have a big enough band saw, you can cut the arm recess, and with a decent jig and a large diameter blade you can remove material in a hurry on a table saw in the tummy cut out. just run it across the blade, and keep adjusting the height. then smooth it with a rasp, then sand paper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hushnel Posted December 4, 2002 Report Share Posted December 4, 2002 I used a hand held belt grinder. It was pretty fast but I didn't time it. I drew lines that I didn't want to cut and had at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhesQi J Posted December 4, 2002 Report Share Posted December 4, 2002 I used a beltsander. Nice piece of equipment hèhè. No jig was used, just some guide lines to work with. That's the beauty of a hand crafted guitar ! Cheers, Joten Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted December 16, 2002 Report Share Posted December 16, 2002 For a high speed cutter/shaper look up part number SPCPF over at Luthiers Merchantile. It's a router attachment that has bearings....... Does a simular job as a spindle sander, just doesn't have the same motions. Definatly a major carnage sort of tool though, so be careful...... Only cost's $52.00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimm Posted December 24, 2002 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2002 Actually...this tool http://www.wood-carver.com/violin.html looks like it would do the trick for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted December 24, 2002 Report Share Posted December 24, 2002 Used one of those to do the trem cavity convertion on an Rg to a Jem once, you have to have really good bit's but yeah that should do the trick. I forgot about those Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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