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SnowManSnow

Post subject: Pucker factor level 8

Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2023 3:24 pm

Koa

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One thing that makes me nervous is a big router…. That said…. The luthier tools slot head jig is amazing! Just finished this non traditional headstock … notice it’s a mirror of the finger board extension (which is a mistake turned into a feature haha)

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SnowManSnow

Post subject: Re: Pucker factor level 8

Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2023 3:28 pm

Koa

Joined: Fri Feb 24, 2017 8:43 am
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I gotta say I should have built in a cut away . Aesthetically it would be right I think

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sdsollod

Post subject: Re: Pucker factor level 8

Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2023 9:46 pm

Koa

Joined: Thu Jan 10, 2008 5:08 am
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Location: Raleigh, NC
First name: Steve
Last Name: Sollod
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur

Cool. A Florentine cutaway would fit right in…

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Ken Nagy

Post subject: Re: Pucker factor level 8

Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2023 7:19 pm

Koa

Joined: Sat Mar 09, 2019 4:50 pm
Posts: 1258
Location: Goodrich, MI
First name: Ken
Last Name: Nagy
City: Goodrich
State: MI
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur

I go with saws, chisels, planes, and files. They aren't scary.

Your builds keep getting cooler. They are all different too. Nice.

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SnowManSnow

Post subject: Re: Pucker factor level 8

Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2023 4:43 pm

Koa

Joined: Fri Feb 24, 2017 8:43 am
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Ken Nagy wrote:

I go with saws, chisels, planes, and files. They aren't scary.

Your builds keep getting cooler. They are all different too. Nice.

Thanks Ken.,,.
It’s funny I had a guy over to the shop over the weekend and I was telling him how scary really sharp chisels are haha…. Guess I have a tool phobia … I’ll just tally it up w all the others haha

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doncaparker

Post subject: Re: Pucker factor level 8

Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2023 5:15 pm

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First name: Don
Last Name: Parker
City: Charleston
State: West Virginia
Zip/Postal Code: 25314
Country: USA
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur

I think fear of routers is perfectly appropriate. Losing that fear increases your chances of getting hurt! The LuthierTool slotting jig is pretty cool. I do a lot of slot heads, and they go much faster and cleaner since I bought that jig.

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SnowManSnow

Post subject: Re: Pucker factor level 8

Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2023 8:48 pm

Koa

Joined: Fri Feb 24, 2017 8:43 am
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doncaparker wrote:

It’s great… I DIG accidentally dig into the side of one of the guides … can’t believe I did that. Was able to just remove the other side and flip it over to finish the job on the other side :/

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Mark Mc

Post subject: Re: Pucker factor level 8

Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2024 5:22 am

Koa

Joined: Sun Apr 25, 2010 4:46 pm
Posts: 527
First name: Mark
Last Name: McLean
City: Sydney
State: New South Wales
Zip/Postal Code: 2145
Country: Australia
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur

I think your mistake ended up looking cool, and I always love seeing a 13-fret neck (did I count right?). I also use and like that Luthier tools jig.

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phavriluk

Post subject: Re: Pucker factor level 8

Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2024 10:47 am

Koa

Joined: Mon Feb 13, 2012 8:49 pm
Posts: 1041
First name: peter
Last Name: havriluk
City: granby
State: ct
Zip/Postal Code: 06035
Country: usa
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur

That slot head routing tool looks like a wonderful tool, but my arm can't reach that far into my jeans. Sigh.

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bobgramann

Post subject: Re: Pucker factor level 8

Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2024 11:07 am

Koa

Joined: Mon Oct 17, 2011 4:10 pm
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First name: Bob
Last Name: Gramann
City: Fredericksburg
State: VA
Zip/Postal Code: 22408
Country: USA
Focus: Build
Status: Professional

I have one of those tools. I bought it after making a few over the years out of wood. I finally sprung for the tool because I kept wearing the wooden ones (until I got the tool I had been using a pattern bit in the router—the idea of using a template guide on the router hadn’t occurred to me). The tool was expensive, but it was worth it—it’s easy to use and repeatable.

Nice looking guitar.

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Clay S.

Post subject: Re: Pucker factor level 8

Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2024 12:51 pm

Brazilian Rosewood

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SnowManSnow wrote:

I gotta say I should have built in a cut away . Aesthetically it would be right I think

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You still can! Many Florentine cutaways were added to guitars that originally didn't have a "cutaway" until the wood was cut away.

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SnowManSnow

Post subject: Re: Pucker factor level 8

Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2024 3:41 pm

Koa

Joined: Fri Feb 24, 2017 8:43 am
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Mark Mc wrote:

I think your mistake ended up looking cool, and I always love seeing a 13-fret neck (did I count right?). I also use and like that Luthier tools jig.

12.5

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