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A poor man's take on the Myka neck pocket jig
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Author:  jimmysux [ Wed Mar 16, 2011 10:44 am ]
Post subject:  A poor man's take on the Myka neck pocket jig

Yeah, I just pretty much whipped this up out of 1/4" MDF that I had lying around, scribed my own ruler marks on it, and will use double sided tape to stick everything together when I want to do a build, also left a long tenon on it so I could shim it for neck angle, and you can also use this to do body angle.
While it isn't the most impressive, for 45 minutes of work, it'll do.
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Author:  jimmysux [ Wed Mar 16, 2011 9:36 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: A poor man's take on the Myka neck pocket jig

Well I thought it was pretty genius of me anyway! beehive

Author:  JimO [ Wed Mar 16, 2011 9:41 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: A poor man's take on the Myka neck pocket jig

As The Padma says, "If it gets the pig clean, use it."

Author:  jimmysux [ Thu Mar 17, 2011 3:24 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: A poor man's take on the Myka neck pocket jig

I agree! I think it's a simple take on a very good idea from Mr. Myka.

Author:  peters instruments [ Thu Mar 17, 2011 9:59 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: A poor man's take on the Myka neck pocket jig

so you will just double stick tape those pieces together and clamp the apparatus to the body?

Author:  jimmysux [ Thu Mar 17, 2011 10:16 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: A poor man's take on the Myka neck pocket jig

Essentially yes. Just make sure they are both equally spaced from the centerline, tape them in place, and clamp it all down and you're done.
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Author:  jimmysux [ Fri Mar 18, 2011 4:56 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: A poor man's take on the Myka neck pocket jig

You can angle the neck pocket using this too, just put your bridge underneath it, and you have your neck pocket angle, and you can do your pickup plane as well.

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