DC Ross Posted March 3, 2009 Report Share Posted March 3, 2009 My last jig was destroyed when the depth locking mechanism decided to crap out on my plunge router, so I decided to go all out and build this one based on David Myka's: The rear rail support is vertically adjustable, so it's capable of routing angles from 0° to 3.5°. The rails are from an old server rack that I was using for shelving. I got the self-adhesive rules and knobs in a kit from Rockler, and the T-slots and holddowns from Harbor Freight. The base is made from 2 layers of 1/2" MDF, the rear rail support is Maple, and the front rail supports are Sapele, all pulled from the cutoff bin. All said and done, it cost me about $30 above what I had on hand, and took about 4 hours to complete. Not bad for an afternoon I'm going to be building a run of 4 guitars starting next week, so we'll see how it performs. Thanks for looking! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodenspoke Posted March 3, 2009 Report Share Posted March 3, 2009 Maybe I missed something, what is it for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Ross Posted March 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 Ah, guess I forgot to mention... routing the neck pocket Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cactus Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 That's so awesome, looks like it's from Stewmac almost except that if it were you'd pay a LOT more for it. Would be great if you could post some in-use pics of it.. I'd love that and I'm sure many others are too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j. pierce Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 Like David's from the tutorial section? Cool! I was thinking something along these lines, but haven't really looked for the aluminum extrusions like that. They hold up okay under the weight of the router? Let us know when you've given it a test run! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madhattr88 Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 (edited) wow! that one puts mine to shame!!!! i used aluminum L brackets...plus mine is a lot smaller because i put the angle on the neck, not the body pocket. Edited March 5, 2009 by madhattr88 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernova9 Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 That looks awesome - I'm just curious how it works - I mean I assume you'll run the router along the two main side rails to create the width of the pocket, but for the back of the neck pocket, with that piece of aluminium sitting across the rails, won't it stop the router from sliding back as far as you need it to? Will you have to adjust that for the offset of the router bit from the edge of the router base, or am I just easily confused? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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