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JEguitars
PostPosted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 9:30 pm 
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I had some old templates that were made out of lexan, but the bit used to get hot and melt and instantly ruin the templates. This time, I had them made out of 10 gauge steel. I can use them to help press the top to the body. And, the bit will never get hot and these should never wear out. I had these water jetted out. Finally a cure to my template blues!

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10 gauge steel templates, awesome!
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don't drop them on your foot !

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They are very heavy. Also have to be careful not to let the bit catch on them, but that should not be a problem.
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Those templates are no good. They are for electric guitars. :-)

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I dont make acoustics, never interested me, and I don't feel like making the molds for them.
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I was just playing around. They are nice looking templates. Should last more than a lifetime!

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I love acoustics, and would love to have the molds and knowledge magically appear, :D .
But I can just now build an electric I feel worthy of selling, acoustics are a whole new monster and I have tons of respect for those that do it. In my opinion building an electric is much easier than an acoustic.
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Cool, I use acrylic sheet for templates myself, like the kind of stuff you can get from Lowes or Home Depot. Then use a bearing router bit to cut the blank. The best part about using acrylic is you can easily mod it to a different shape. Need a wider neck pocket? no problem, just glue a thin strip of acrylic to the edge of the blank with some weld-on cement from stewmac.
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The bearings can still get hot and blow up on you. I use SAE 10W-30 to lubricate them. I have no problem with my acrylic templates either, the bearing stops spinning when it touches the template and doesn't get hot.

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Friction from the bit cutting the wood causes heat which travels throughout the entire bit, bearing gets hot, melts the plastic.
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JEguitars wrote:
Friction from the bit cutting the wood causes heat which travels throughout the entire bit, bearing gets hot, melts the plastic.


I could see that happening, but I don't seem to run into that problem.

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