The pragmatic luthier demonstrates making an acrylic fingerboard slotting template. Don't buy them. MAKE THEM. Please Like and subscribe if you're so inclined.
I did this marking a piece of acrylic with an awl and using a caliper to determine distances derived from the stew Mac calculator. Then notched on a table saw.
Thank you for filming this, it was very well done. Beautiful fingerboard BTW. Luthiery tools are stupid expensive. That expense was a blessing in a way because I couldn't afford to build a guitar when I was young and short of patience and fabrication experience. Which machine is more "vital" to your shop; the lathe or the mill?
I think my mill is definitely more applicable to my needs. It can do so many things applicable to jig, fixture and template making, even at levels of precision that are not terribly critical. My lathe is an added advantage and a welcome addition, but given one or the other, THE MILL.
I did this marking a piece of acrylic with an awl and using a caliper to determine distances derived from the stew Mac calculator. Then notched on a table saw.
wow, you have a mill. i guess i'll be making a fretboard slotting template another way.
Thank you for filming this, it was very well done. Beautiful fingerboard BTW. Luthiery tools are stupid expensive. That expense was a blessing in a way because I couldn't afford to build a guitar when I was young and short of patience and fabrication experience. Which machine is more "vital" to your shop; the lathe or the mill?
I think my mill is definitely more applicable to my needs. It can do so many things applicable to jig, fixture and template making, even at levels of precision that are not terribly critical. My lathe is an added advantage and a welcome addition, but given one or the other, THE MILL.