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Originally Posted by Heartstrings

That is one fine looking fixture you`ve built for radiusing the fret board, I was wondering if a router could be used to do that after the fret slots are cut. I`ve been doing mine with a sanding beam because I was afraid of tearout if I tried it with a router. Have you had any trouble with tearout on your boards? Mike

Hi Mike , I can't lay claim to that fine looking fixture, it was built by my friend Ralph from DiQuattro Guitars, he used plans to build it from StewMacs I think.

I had no problems with tear out and apparently he always does his radius after cutting the fret slots, the domed router bit may be the secret. The job's all over in about 5 minuets then sand with a radius block.

regards to all

Wal

good to see your still at it wally,
we need some more pics of this jig, i cant quite see how it works,
i assume the surface under the neck blank is radiused?

Hi all, it's been a while but I started making inlays today, one down eight to go.

Why didn't some any one tell me it was so hard and time consuming ?

Now I know why they are proudly posted builders .

regards

Wal

Originally Posted by walcen

Hi all, it's been a while but I started making inlays today, one down eight to go.

Why didn't some any one tell me it was so hard and time consuming ?

Now I know why they are proudly posted builders .

regards

Wal

looks good wally

how are you cutting them?

not far to go now till your playing it

on another note wheres Stu gone too, i want him to post this fret slot saw thread already!

Originally Posted by Andrew_B

looks good wally

how are you cutting them?

not far to go now till your playing it

on another note wheres Stu gone too, i want him to post this fret slot saw thread already!

Bugger, just got in from the workshop working on the next two builds.
I'll post up the pics this weekend of a few gutshots inside the fret slot saw .

On a side note, Wal, do people know that you actually look like a mad professor in person ?

Originally Posted by oz tradie

Bugger, just got in from the workshop working on the next two builds.
I'll post up the pics this weekend of a few gutshots inside the fret slot saw .

On a side note, Wal, do people know that you actually look like a mad professor in person ?

Probably not Stu, do you think I should update my avatar photo?

Andrew, I sanded the shell flat with my belt sander mounted in a vice after roughly cutting the size I wanted on my little band saw, I sanded the two straight ends with the sander and then used a sanding drum on my drill press for the sides.

Originally Posted by oz tradie

Bugger, just got in from the workshop working on the next two builds.
I'll post up the pics this weekend of a few gutshots inside the fret slot saw .

On a side note, Wal, do people know that you actually look like a mad professor in person ?

ooooo more builds!
excellent

lol mad professor

Originally Posted by walcen

Probably not Stu, do you think I should update my avatar photo?

Andrew, I sanded the shell flat with my belt sander mounted in a vice after roughly cutting the size I wanted on my little band saw, I sanded the two straight ends with the sander and then used a sanding drum on my drill press for the sides.

sounds scary to me
but if it works it works
i used to do the belt sander in the vice trick, good idea isnt it

Originally Posted by walcen

I wish, spent an hr marking it out with an engineering rule and checking fret to fret with digital verniers, I scribed the lines using a sharp utility knife, then I cut the slots on this . little hobby band saw I picked up on E bay for $50.00, it's already paid it's self off many time over.

Hi Wal.

Good little Bandsaw.- Bargain.

What type of blade did you use to cut the aluminium.Anything special ?

Looks good.

Cheers Greg

Originally Posted by Strungout

Hi Wal.

Good little Bandsaw.- Bargain.

What type of blade did you use to cut the aluminium.Anything special ?

Looks good.

Cheers Greg

Hi Greg, Nothing special about the blade, I think most blades are designed as multi use.

I purchased 2 new blades for it, one is a narrow pattern blade and the other a little bigger. I used the latter.

The blade manufacturer that I got them from said the blade can cut mild steel so aluminium isn't a problem.

Post 166 shows how I cut a slot in a lump of wood and then clamped it behind the blade to gage the depth of the slots in the template evenly.

regards

Wal

Thanks Wal,

Weekend project !

Hey guys, I've been doing a bit of Inlay insertion practice with my newly constructed dremel router attachment, it works quite well for a home made one .

I have a question regarding routing the inlay cavity's for such wide inlays as an LP.

Should I rout the cavity's following the radius and then radius the bottom of the inlay to fit?

Or should I rout the cavity flat and then radius the top edges of the inlay with a radius block?

Here are a couple of pics of the practice run.

Wally, Route a flat cavity then inlay and radius your board. ( and make sure you don't sand the sides off your inlay while sanding in your radius ).

Check out this forum for all thing Les Paul - there's a wealth of info on there

Cheers

Dave

nice router base wally

flat bottom inlays are the go...

Ok,so because the fret board already has a radius I'll need to make a jig to do a flat cavity, correct?
And make the inlay thick enough so that when I take the edges of the inlay down they'll follow the shape of the board, yeah?