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This part one of a building a guitar by the Wood Whisperer.  I really like this video because I am into guitars and have always wanted to build my own.  This is a three part series and it shows a tremendous amount of details about the project.  Keep in mind this is for a classical accoustic guitar, not an electric solid body.  Below the video is some bullet point summary of the video if you are interested.  I have added a few points.  So far from part one I have surmised that you need a decent table saw, band saw, drill press and scroll saw (maybe) , jointer and router table.   The author also uses a vacume press jig that you might be able to swap out for some creative clamping.

• The materials were bought with a kit from www.lmii.com

Neck

• The Neck:  not a pre bought neck (which is cool)
• Layout of neck angle using jointer and bandsaw
• Cutting angle on Band saw to prep for glue up
• Used sander to plane the neck stock to size
• Head piece glue up using c clamps and f bar clamps (no screws!)
• Cutting the heel block, glue up
• Laminating the head piece by substituting some curly maple and sandwhiching them together with the vacume bag jig.  This takes only an hour
• Then glue the heel block and head piece then shaped on band saw.  After that cleaned up on router table with a flush trim bit.  This allows that layered glued up wood to really give some nice detail.
• slotting the heel stock for the side , used table saw with an angle on the blade.
• rough sawing the heel block shape
• Cutting the tuning machine holes on the drill press, then cleaning up the slots using a scroll saw.

Sides

• Used East Indian Rosewood
• Stock Preperaton
• Home made jig prep using a bandsaw.  I would imagine after you make this, you could churn out more guitars since you have the jig.
• cut opening for the heel stock into the jig.
• Built own custom bending jig using a light bulb and 1/4″ thick aluminum.  The lightbulb supplies the power via a 1000 watt dimmer switch (so you can control it) and water provides the moisture to bend the wood..Very neat.
• After wood is bent, clamped into jig and glued up
• Attached headstock

This is a pretty neat video showing you some of the benefits of working with a monster router table.  The highlights of the video are:

Video summary Text

• Heavy duty gas operated lifting springs
• A 100lb top
• Locking knobs hold it down
• Easy router adjustments
• No router insert

You can also find this table at:

This is a decent video for getting some good ideas. I love getting ideas and the jig this guy uses is pretty simple and has more applications than he is showing. He talks about:

• Making tenons
• Using alternatives to aluminum router table inserts
• custom jigs
• using a climbout cut which is tear out free

This is a short video that shows an easy short cut to making some nice looking raised panel inserts.  It highlights using both the table saw and the router table.  His technique saves some life on your router bit, which is always good.  The Highlights are:

• One cut pass on raised panel bit
• stack dado blade, rabbit groove
• sacrificial fence on table saw
• roundover or ogee cut on route table

This is a review of a cabinet building video. The points in the video cover:

• Basic cabinet construction
• Simple case finishes
• Exposed verses concealed sides
• Joining smaller units together
• Beginning construction
• ¼” x ¼” rabbet
• Front facing
• Article shows using nails, but a significant upgrade would be to use an air nailer
• Advanced joinery
• Legs and rails joinery
• Door and drawer construction
• Raised panel doors or joinery is not discussed in this video.

This is a great video from Woodsmith. If you have never been to Woodsmith in Des Moines IA, it is a treat. Think of a very well appointed shop with lots of tools and a killer wood floor. The staff is very friendly. This video is actually part of a podcast series that they do on a regular basis. It covers some jigs that are very common and used in the shop.

• Router Table Sleds
• Circle Cutters
• Adjustable Dado
• Flush Trim jig
• Hinge Mortising

You can easily find the Bosch RA1181 at retailers like Lowes. It is nice to be able to get your hands on one before buying it. It is even nicer if you could see the thing in action before you buy. This video shows you some sample features and uses of the table. The video features the jointing feature of the fence. It shows you how to set it so that you can use it for jointing. Jointing on the router table is never as good as using a jointer, in my opionion, but in some cases it works very well and can save you significant space and money in the shop.

You can find it priced between $169 to $199 at most retailers. Below the video is a list of places where you can check it out and make a purchase.

This is a pretty interesting video that talks about building router table fences. There are so many different ways to build a fence now a days and it is always interesting to find something new and fresh. It looks like you could build this out of any scrap hardwood that you might have or even some really good plywood would work well. This is pretty good example of a fixed fence that can be held in place using router track in the table top. A nice and high face gives you lots of opportunities to work with taller stock.

I found this video from Eagle Lake Woodworking, it gives you a nice birdseye view of how to cut circles on the router table. 

• It highlights a miter track and a very unique jig that you need to use in that miter track.
• pivot pins
• locating the center of the board, prepping the board,
• drilling the holes
• gradual cuts raising the bit

This is a very slick set up and it looks like he uses some sort of automated or foot controlled way of raising the bit.

By Lee Jesberger

The differences between a router bit and a shaper cutter is rather large, and while they both serve the same basic function, the methods of use are quite large.

For one, router bits are made from a single piece of high speed from the shaft to the cutter, and are designed to run at speeds up to 25,000 R.P.M’s. The shafts range in size from ¼” to ½” in diameter, and are held to the router with a collet. This is just a split circular tapered ring which squeezes against the bit, as the collet nut is tightened. Some of these steel blanks form the cutter as well, while others have the same shaft and cutter head, but with the addition of a carbide tips brazed to them.

The high speed steel bits are cheaper, but don’t last as long as the carbide tipped bits. They are also prone to burning the wood, particularly if they have what’s called pilot bit incorporated with them. This is just a stub of steel protruding from the bottom of the bit, which is designed to ride against the wood being shaped. This stub is rather useless as the amount of work required to remove the burns just isn’t worth the effort.

The carbide tipped bit will have a roller bearing on the bottom to follow the wood edge being shaped. These bearings run smoothly, and as long as too much lateral pressure isn’t applied to the contact point of the wood, they will leave no trace of having been used. If lateral pressure is over applied, they will leave a small groove, or track where they made contact with the wood. A nice steady light pressure is all that’s needed.

Bits without this stub or roller guide must be used in conjunction with either an edge guide mounted to the router, or with a router table and fence. These bits are available in many sizes and shapes, and will handle most woodworking applications, especially for the home wood shop.

Shaper cutters on the other hand are generally much larger, and are designed to run at slower speeds. Either 7,000 or 10,000 R.P.M’s, is the norm. The speed is changed by a stepped pulley system, much like a drill press. The increased size is partially due to the fact they have no shaft. They have a hole in the center of varying sizes, which is slid over the appropriate sized spindle of the machine. When buying cutters it’s important to keep the diameter in mind or you may end up with a cutter not compatible with your spindles.

This spindle is removable and most shapers come equipped with at least a couple different diameter spindles. These can also be ordered separately. Many shapers come with a collet in ¼” and ½” configurations to allow the use of router bits as well.

One advantage of shaper cutters is the ability to add cutters in different configurations or guide bushings and bearings which serve to guide and / or alter the resulting cuts. Burning is pretty much a non issue as the cutters are spinning at a much slower speed. Uniform moldings are much easier to accomplish with the use of a power feeder, which applies steady even pressure which is key to excellent results.

Copyright 2007 – Lee A. Jesberger.

Jesberger has owned of a high end General Contracting business for thirty years.
He also owns and operates a custom Cabinet and Furniture business. He is the inventor of the Ezee-Feed, infeed / outfeed systems for woodworking machines, which is patent pending.

http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com

http://www.ezee-feed.com

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