Seem to have missed your comment 🙏🙏 I go into a bit more detail in my Strat Body build video : ruclips.net/video/FX9q3S7QXLc/видео.html&ab_channel=TheElectricLuthier
I am planning to go into all types of different pickups. There is a more detailed video for a Stratocaster body here: ruclips.net/video/FX9q3S7QXLc/видео.html&ab_channel=TheElectricLuthier
This THE BEST article/video on how to do this. From my perspective, you went into great enough detail to do a good quality job of these things. Thank you for "pulling out the REALLY BIG CRAYONS" for people like me!
To mitigate the issue of a hand held router tipping, fix an offset piece of MDF to the base, this increases it's surface area preventing tipping. Practically every router has holes in the base to do this.
Thanks for the comment @PC-vx2er. You are very correct and I actually show that in this video (ruclips.net/video/tOMf0x4nagw/видео.htmlsi=PsrOFF5f4ANSgM7A). I also assume many people will just use the router as-is, so I try and accommodate them as well. Cheers
The way I went about it for starting my own line of guitars is getting my stuff CNCd at a local machine shop. I used FreeCAD's Mars guitar workbench to create my fretboard templates, since they are multi scale necks, which were pretty much ready to become CNC templates. I also converted the files into SVGs, and created the drawing of my guitar body using Inkscape. I pretty much made a hybrid of 2 of my favorite guitar designs by tracing images of them and combing them until I was satisfied. I could have gotten my body template CNCd too, but I decided to just print it onto paper, tape them together, double side tape it to MDF and rout the shape by hand.
Well, @user-hl3vv6pu1k, using a CNC surely takes the build to a new level. If you know how to create the CAD files and you have access to a CNC (or know how to set it up) you will save a lot of work and probably get very accurate results. There is something to be said for manual work here. If I wanted to go commercial, I would definitely consider a CNC. Cheers.
This is just how I wanted to make my own templates. Since I don't own a bandsaw and a CNC cutter, this gave me more inspiration to build myself a custom guitar :D Thank you very much for the detailed video. SUBSCRIBED!
Thanks for the comment, @Rocky_311 🙏, we work with what we have. People have built guitars with less, and that shouldn't stop us. Go for it and good luck. I am working on one (for the GGBO 2021) and already have ideas for the next two or three after.
I am not sure if that's what you mean, but there is a video coming up in the next week or two about creating the plans from scratch, for less popular guitars. Stay tuned 😉
Helpful. Cost of my recently bought 4x8 1/2" mdf: $20 or something. Each template I've ordered: like $65 for the set, plus additional pieces I wanted custom, plus shipping on anything larger like a body or neck. So we're going to try this now...
Great video. I would reccomend either saftey goggles or even better ski goggles for eye protection. I cut boards all day long for a living, and I have learned that particles will still find their way around the saftey glasses and get into my eyes. Goggles keep stuff out 95% of the time, but the real way to keep stuff from flying in my eyes is ski goggles. I have had alot of days with the regular safety glasses cutting notches out of 2×4's in the wind. Believe me saw dust hurts when its flying into your eyes at 40 miles per hour.
Thanks for the comment @David Shafer. 🙏 I agree that you can never be too safe and I have had particles bypass safety glasses myself. This is even worst with routers than saws because of the higher rpm. When playing with MDF however, my bigger concern would be breathing the particles. MDF dust is very fine and nasty and your normal Covid mask will not cut it. I use the 3M mask (amzn.to/3E2ZtIi) and with the proper filters, it's also great for spray painting. Cheers
Thanks for the comment @drprick7432 🙏,. I wish I had built as many guitars as I have templates' but if you can take anything from my experience (and mistakes), I am Happy. Cheers
great video i’m looking forward to my first project thanks for the inspiration also very positive ( i also really appreciate your “ real world “ approach )
Thanks John. 🙏 Just go for it. The worst thing that can happen when you get started, is you ruin a few pieces of MDF. I have a bunch of botched templates which taught me a lot and were well worth it. 😉
Subbed, Great video! Im looking to start making my own guitars because Im left handed and there arent a lot of choices for us. Thanks for the video man!
Thanks for the interesting videos. Is it possible to make template (or at least the cavities neck, pickups..) copying the real guitar using router flush trim bit with end bearing?
Great video! Really helpful! I just started making my first guitar from scratch and it's going well enough for a hobby build, but the main thing is it highlighted the areas I need to develop my skills in, which prior to starting my build I was unaware of....leading me to you! I would find it extremely helpful if you could make some videos on pickup cavity routing templates. I ended up just eyeballing my pickup cavities with my router. I've made a video documenting the build ... obviously not as an instructional video but just showing the progress, mistakes and all!
i'm doing my 3rd guitar, the first one was made with acrylic instead of wood, you can check it in my cover of samba pa ti - santana. Now i'm copying the PRS 25 " scale guitar
I like the acrylic guitar. It does have a distinctive sound. Did you just skip the whole 'electronics' thing and connect it directly to a Piazo pickup? or could you just not wait to hear it? Good luck with the PRS
It's a great video and I like your simplistic outlook. The only thing I'm thinking of atm is, skillset. Does one possess the ability 🤔 or should that one just leave it to the pro's? 😆 yesterday I had to begin to fix a neck alignment problem on a already made guitar. I had some issues with brain clarity and accidentally filled the neck pocket holes instead of just learning that I simply needed to file the neck pocket where it was not aligned correctly 🙃. It was a huge mistake. I ended up filling the holes with mahogany dowels that I had to make and now I'm creating a neck plate template so I can re drill the holes for the neck. It's a nightmare but my head is clear and my skill set is better cause the fog has gone. I couldn't believe I did that. Best advice was make sure the center marks are done dead on. I'm making a template cause I don't have a drill press and need to not drill the holes crooked in my second attempt. Lol. Much better this time, the holes in the template are straight. Just have to clamp and drill now. Wish me luck cause I think I need it. I'm just not good at math so everything has to be done to ,are it easier. Thanks for the tips.
Great comment @ranman58635. You rarely learn much from success. I have definitely learned more from my mistakes than when everything goes smoothly. As someone who builds for his pleasure, there are some mistakes you just can't fix. But those critical ones you do manage to overcome are those that will make you a better builder. I try and share my own mistakes to save you the trouble. Cheers
@@yoavbinyamini I get so nervous that I think I have heart trouble. That happens even though I know what I'm doing sometimes. My darn heart is too connected to my thoughts. Routing, I believe with templates and decent teaching I could make a guitar from scratch.
Really excellent video, but I don't use double sided tape anymore. It can be difficult getting good adhesion to both surfaces. Instead these days I put ordinary masking tap on both surfaces and bond them together with superglue. As always, I recommend people try things and then do what works best for them.
I don't have enough experience with Acrylic, but it does sound like you would get the best result with Laser' although that would be true for MDF as well.. If I came across a nice piece of acrylic and wanted to make a good template out of it, (sans laser) I would probably make an MDF one first and copy it to the Acrylic
I use a 2`1/4 Hp plunge and base kit combo on the table...then i remove it and use it for a hand router..the most expensive Milwaukee I could find. it has 2 colets 1/4 and 1/2 And I use the dremel with a router base for the little inlay stuff..But a hand router from Harbor freight don't cost that much. Don't really need two routers myself But the more the merrier. But still Not a bad setup for a plumber
Sounds like a pretty nice setup. Just having the collets can give you a bigger range of bits and the plunge base is also something I have been looking into.
I think I have a piece of that laying around and I wasn't sure what to do with it.. I got it from a construction site where it was used outer wall covers
Subscribed! I'm a guitar lover who is excited to start building guitars. Seems like building templates is a good way to get a feel for the cutting, shaping, and routing of an actual guitar body. Looking forward to getting some practice!
Thanks. I certainly found Templates a great stepping stone (and a practical one too) to build the guitar. Practice on as much scrap/ plywood/ MDF as you can. You will learn a lot and get more confidence when getting to the real thing. As a 'side effect,' you will also have templates that will make things easier and more accurate.
Thanks, You are not the first to ask. There is a series I am working on (After the GGBO) for a Strat body and I will make sure to show it in more detail there. Stay tuned 😉
Iam a luthier in Africa --usually use local hardwoods --very heavy --CAN I USE PINE WOOD FOR THE BODY of a TELE?----desperate to get LIGHT body --no other wood here is as light as cheapo pine pallets!--IS. this possible???
I just can not tolerate the high noise of routers but I do understand this is an essential tool for this kind of task, is a smaller palm router quieter than a two--handed big router? or could you recommend me a quiet router? thanks
Unless you are with old school manual tools (and a whole lot of skill) this is a nessesarry evil. I lik to listen to music when working... A good pair of ear plugs or muffs is well worth it. The nett time you actually rout' in the whole build, is not that long.
There is one in the making (with a strat if you are interested). It'll probably be a few weeks after the Great Guitar Build-off is all done. #greatguitarbuildoff
Hi @jimmyhumphrey_5975 and thanks for the comment. I am not sure which 3rd software you mean. I use Photoshop (or anything similar) for all the planning and sketching parts and Adobe Acrobat for printing. I am not sure of the printing capabilities of other PDF Reader, But Acrobat Reader is free and does the job. As I mentioned the graphic software can also be a free one (unlike Photoshop) but it needs to have the option of working to scale. Let me know if I missed anything. Cheers
@@theelectricluthier1928 Thats cool, I like the idea of having one tool to do multiple jobs. So do you just stick the sandpaper onto a grinding wheel? Or is it an actual sanding wheel that you have?
@@nausicaa262 I replaced the grinder stones with two layers of 18mm MDF I cut to 7" discs which are glued together to give thickness. One layer has a hole large enough for the shaft and the outer one has a larger hole to fit the bolt that holds it, so it doesn't stick out. I sanded it with an orbital sander while it was rotating to get a smooth and balanced disc (it shakes like crazy until it balances). I then put strips of adhesive velcro on the outer flat side (covering the bolt). The sandpaper attaches to the velcro. I also added the little shelves on the sides. Hope it's clear enough...
Thanks for the comment Advellson, 🙏 I love those guitars. I'll add this to my to-do list. Did you refer to the JEM or the newer PIA? You can also do it yourself like this : ruclips.net/video/HX-7qX3OALg/видео.html
This has nothing to do with your computer. If you open a PDF file (you have to save it as a PDF file) the 'poster' mode should be in the print options of Adobe Acrobat. Make sure you have it instaled, in case you were using another application. (It's free). I go into a bit more detail in my Strat Body build video : ruclips.net/video/FX9q3S7QXLc/видео.html&ab_channel=TheElectricLuthier
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YES PLEASE TALK MORE ABOUT POSTER MODE
Seem to have missed your comment 🙏🙏
I go into a bit more detail in my Strat Body build video : ruclips.net/video/FX9q3S7QXLc/видео.html&ab_channel=TheElectricLuthier
YES PLEASE DO ONE FOR DIFFERENT PICK UP TEMPLATES
I am planning to go into all types of different pickups. There is a more detailed video for a Stratocaster body here: ruclips.net/video/FX9q3S7QXLc/видео.html&ab_channel=TheElectricLuthier
This THE BEST article/video on how to do this. From my perspective, you went into great enough detail to do a good quality job of these things. Thank you for "pulling out the REALLY BIG CRAYONS" for people like me!
Thanks, Jimmie for the kind words. Much appreciated 🙏
Best comment EVER!! =)
To mitigate the issue of a hand held router tipping, fix an offset piece of MDF to the base, this increases it's surface area preventing tipping. Practically every router has holes in the base to do this.
Thanks for the comment @PC-vx2er. You are very correct and I actually show that in this video (ruclips.net/video/tOMf0x4nagw/видео.htmlsi=PsrOFF5f4ANSgM7A). I also assume many people will just use the router as-is, so I try and accommodate them as well. Cheers
Sealing the edges alone was worth watching this video. Thanks!
"It'll do a lot of damage, very quickly." - my new favorite tool description! 😍
Thanks @josephc417. Being quoted is the greatest compliment. It would have bin even funnier if it wasn't true. 😉
Love your improvisation with that drill inverted to a round sander ---brilliant!
The way I went about it for starting my own line of guitars is getting my stuff CNCd at a local machine shop. I used FreeCAD's Mars guitar workbench to create my fretboard templates, since they are multi scale necks, which were pretty much ready to become CNC templates. I also converted the files into SVGs, and created the drawing of my guitar body using Inkscape. I pretty much made a hybrid of 2 of my favorite guitar designs by tracing images of them and combing them until I was satisfied. I could have gotten my body template CNCd too, but I decided to just print it onto paper, tape them together, double side tape it to MDF and rout the shape by hand.
Well, @user-hl3vv6pu1k, using a CNC surely takes the build to a new level. If you know how to create the CAD files and you have access to a CNC (or know how to set it up) you will save a lot of work and probably get very accurate results. There is something to be said for manual work here. If I wanted to go commercial, I would definitely consider a CNC. Cheers.
Good video, IMO. Enough detail and explanation to give me confidence. No condescension. Thank you for sharing.
I should have discovered your video before starting building my own template from scratch by my own! That's s great tutorial! Thanks for this!
Thanks :-)
Great video, thanks .
So much Information which I need for my first project 👍
Always my best time of the day watching your videos sir. Thank you best regards from ENGLAND.
Great tutorial. A Video on how to best create a pickup template would be nice.
Greetings from Greece, your video is very helpful. Keep up the good work!
Really really well put together. I'm rubbish at learning new stuff, but I get this. Many thanks.
Thanks @pyroguitars1296🙏, I appreciate it.
This is just how I wanted to make my own templates. Since I don't own a bandsaw and a CNC cutter, this gave me more inspiration to build myself a custom guitar :D Thank you very much for the detailed video. SUBSCRIBED!
Thanks for the comment, @Rocky_311 🙏, we work with what we have. People have built guitars with less, and that shouldn't stop us. Go for it and good luck. I am working on one (for the GGBO 2021) and already have ideas for the next two or three after.
Thank you. Your video's are so informative and give me great idea's for making jigs and tools when I do not have much space to work with.
Thanks, @tombrackettjr.9308, Glad I can help.
Could you make a video about setting up the measurements and steps before making the templates? Great info. Thank you
I am not sure if that's what you mean, but there is a video coming up in the next week or two about creating the plans from scratch, for less popular guitars. Stay tuned 😉
It's actually this one: ruclips.net/video/HX-7qX3OALg/видео.html
Helpful. Cost of my recently bought 4x8 1/2" mdf: $20 or something. Each template I've ordered: like $65 for the set, plus additional pieces I wanted custom, plus shipping on anything larger like a body or neck. So we're going to try this now...
Thanks. Yes MDF is a great material to play around with and try things. Just don't breathe the darn dust :-). Good Luck!
Great video. I would reccomend either saftey goggles or even better ski goggles for eye protection. I cut boards all day long for a living, and I have learned that particles will still find their way around the saftey glasses and get into my eyes. Goggles keep stuff out 95% of the time, but the real way to keep stuff from flying in my eyes is ski goggles. I have had alot of days with the regular safety glasses cutting notches out of 2×4's in the wind. Believe me saw dust hurts when its flying into your eyes at 40 miles per hour.
Thanks for the comment @David Shafer. 🙏 I agree that you can never be too safe and I have had particles bypass safety glasses myself. This is even worst with routers than saws because of the higher rpm. When playing with MDF however, my bigger concern would be breathing the particles. MDF dust is very fine and nasty and your normal Covid mask will not cut it. I use the 3M mask (amzn.to/3E2ZtIi) and with the proper filters, it's also great for spray painting. Cheers
I have already made several templates but you had some good additional advice. Thanks
Thanks for the comment @drprick7432 🙏,. I wish I had built as many guitars as I have templates' but if you can take anything from my experience (and mistakes), I am Happy. Cheers
Please make a video on printing and postermode!
@Jason Hagensen
I go into greater detail here: ruclips.net/video/rW_PArgRqho/видео.html&ab_channel=TheElectricLuthier
(Took a while, I know..)
I would love to see a video on poster board thanks
Great stuff. Thanks. Informative without being condescending.
Thanks 🙏. It's really about sharing my own experience with the hope that you will be able to benefit from it. Cheers.
Yes more videos, and ad some bandaids to fingers
great video i’m looking forward to my first project thanks for the inspiration also
very positive ( i also really appreciate your “ real world “ approach )
Thanks John. 🙏 Just go for it. The worst thing that can happen when you get started, is you ruin a few pieces of MDF. I have a bunch of botched templates which taught me a lot and were well worth it. 😉
Great tutorial! Many thanks.
Subbed, Great video! Im looking to start making my own guitars because Im left handed and there arent a lot of choices for us.
Thanks for the video man!
I feel for all you 'Lefties'. Building your own would be a great choice. Just watch all my videos through a mirror 🤣
As a lefty myself I know exactly what you mean.
Thanks for the interesting videos. Is it possible to make template (or at least the cavities neck, pickups..) copying the real guitar using router flush trim bit with end bearing?
Thank you sir!
Best video that i can find.. thank you!
Awesome video thank you!!
Great Video as well as the safety precautions at the end.Thank you! Very detailed.
Thanks 🙏, Appreciate it
Great video! Really helpful! I just started making my first guitar from scratch and it's going well enough for a hobby build, but the main thing is it highlighted the areas I need to develop my skills in, which prior to starting my build I was unaware of....leading me to you!
I would find it extremely helpful if you could make some videos on pickup cavity routing templates. I ended up just eyeballing my pickup cavities with my router. I've made a video documenting the build ... obviously not as an instructional video but just showing the progress, mistakes and all!
Thanks. Seem to have missed your comment 🙏🙏. Pickup Cavities are on my to-do list, just need to get around to them. Cheers
i'm doing my 3rd guitar, the first one was made with acrylic instead of wood, you can check it in my cover of samba pa ti - santana. Now i'm copying the PRS 25 " scale guitar
I like the acrylic guitar. It does have a distinctive sound. Did you just skip the whole 'electronics' thing and connect it directly to a Piazo pickup? or could you just not wait to hear it? Good luck with the PRS
Great stuff! You are so easy to understand.
GREAT video! Thank you SO MUCH for doing this! From a new luthier, to a master luthier, THANKS!!!
Thanks for the kind comment. Maybe when I grow up I will l be a 'Master Luthier' 🙏
@@theelectricluthier1928 You're doing awesome, in my opinion!
It's a great video and I like your simplistic outlook. The only thing I'm thinking of atm is, skillset. Does one possess the ability 🤔 or should that one just leave it to the pro's? 😆 yesterday I had to begin to fix a neck alignment problem on a already made guitar. I had some issues with brain clarity and accidentally filled the neck pocket holes instead of just learning that I simply needed to file the neck pocket where it was not aligned correctly 🙃. It was a huge mistake. I ended up filling the holes with mahogany dowels that I had to make and now I'm creating a neck plate template so I can re drill the holes for the neck. It's a nightmare but my head is clear and my skill set is better cause the fog has gone. I couldn't believe I did that. Best advice was make sure the center marks are done dead on. I'm making a template cause I don't have a drill press and need to not drill the holes crooked in my second attempt. Lol. Much better this time, the holes in the template are straight. Just have to clamp and drill now. Wish me luck cause I think I need it. I'm just not good at math so everything has to be done to ,are it easier. Thanks for the tips.
Great comment @ranman58635. You rarely learn much from success. I have definitely learned more from my mistakes than when everything goes smoothly. As someone who builds for his pleasure, there are some mistakes you just can't fix. But those critical ones you do manage to overcome are those that will make you a better builder. I try and share my own mistakes to save you the trouble. Cheers
@@yoavbinyamini I get so nervous that I think I have heart trouble. That happens even though I know what I'm doing sometimes. My darn heart is too connected to my thoughts. Routing, I believe with templates and decent teaching I could make a guitar from scratch.
Really excellent video, but I don't use double sided tape anymore. It can be difficult getting good adhesion to both surfaces. Instead these days I put ordinary masking tap on both surfaces and bond them together with superglue. As always, I recommend people try things and then do what works best for them.
Thanks, @Dan Bance 🙏Totally agree. I also ditched double-sided tape long ago ( you can see it in my other videos). Masking tape and superglue it is. 🙂
Nice video - clear, informative, and to the point. 👍
Thanks 🙏
Thanks for the well-presented advice on template making. It's time to dive into it.
That's the spirit 😉
Thanks for this very detailed and useful video!! I'm a beginner Luthier and this has really helped alot! 🙂🙏✌🥂
Thanks, 🙏. Glad it helps
@@theelectricluthier1928 it did!! Thanks 🙂🙏✌🥂
Acrylic would be good if you had access to a laser cutter. You could put your design in and it will cut it out for you. If not I would go MDF
I don't have enough experience with Acrylic, but it does sound like you would get the best result with Laser' although that would be true for MDF as well.. If I came across a nice piece of acrylic and wanted to make a good template out of it, (sans laser) I would probably make an MDF one first and copy it to the Acrylic
tHANKS A LOT FOR YOUR EXPLAINATIONS !
You are very welcome. Glad it helps 🙏
Thank you for your video! This was very informative!
Thanks 🙏
This was crazy helpfull bro , I hope your video goes mainstream
Thanks, much appreciated
thank you for this great information !!! greetings from Argentina !!!
Please do a tutorial for pick ups and cavities
It's on my 'To Do' list ;-)
Hell yeah
Thanks you, very helpful. 🙏💯
Thanks 🙏
I use a 2`1/4 Hp plunge and base kit combo on the table...then i remove it and use it for a hand router..the most expensive Milwaukee I could find. it has 2 colets 1/4 and 1/2 And I use the dremel with a router base for the little inlay stuff..But a hand router from Harbor freight don't cost that much. Don't really need two routers myself But the more the merrier. But still Not a bad setup for a plumber
Sounds like a pretty nice setup. Just having the collets can give you a bigger range of bits and the plunge base is also something I have been looking into.
Thanks for the video, Yoav! I’m using your tips to make my own templates for my next guitar build. I love the channel. 🎸 ❤️
Thanks 🙏. Good luck with that next build.
Best material for templates is AlCo panel
I think I have a piece of that laying around and I wasn't sure what to do with it.. I got it from a construction site where it was used outer wall covers
Subscribed! I'm a guitar lover who is excited to start building guitars. Seems like building templates is a good way to get a feel for the cutting, shaping, and routing of an actual guitar body. Looking forward to getting some practice!
Thanks. I certainly found Templates a great stepping stone (and a practical one too) to build the guitar. Practice on as much scrap/ plywood/ MDF as you can. You will learn a lot and get more confidence when getting to the real thing. As a 'side effect,' you will also have templates that will make things easier and more accurate.
Please do a video on poster mode. Thanks. Great video.
Thanks, You are not the first to ask. There is a series I am working on (After the GGBO) for a Strat body and I will make sure to show it in more detail there. Stay tuned 😉
A pickup template for a P bass would be handy, the one with the 2 small pickups close to each other
I am planning for a bass in the future, but I can't promise it'll be a P bass. I am kind of leaning towards the Hofner one AKA the Paul McCartney Bass
Good video
We always did in the 80s..make our own
It's kind of a 'warm up' to the guitar itself, and it also forces you to start figuring out things to come
Super useful!!! Thanks a lot!!
Thank you!
Thanks for the comment, 🙏
I would like to know about printing a plan out on a normal printer, I can never found anywhere else with this info
Iam a luthier in Africa --usually use local hardwoods --very heavy --CAN I USE PINE WOOD FOR THE BODY of a TELE?----desperate to get LIGHT body --no other wood here is as light as cheapo pine pallets!--IS. this possible???
Great video!
Excellent, great tips, nicely explained, thank you! "..& what's the point of making guitars if you're going to lose your hearing?" :0)
Thanks ;-)
Please if you could do the pickup templates
Thank you
nice one
Thanks, 🙏 There are more coming
I need to know how to print a full size template on a regular printer🙏
I go into greater detail here: ruclips.net/video/rW_PArgRqho/видео.html&ab_channel=TheElectricLuthier
Where do you fo online to get particular tele template printout?
Hi! Does anyone know how to print full size?! Or have any links that you found helpful? I have an A3 printer. Cheers! :)
I just can not tolerate the high noise of routers but I do understand this is an essential tool for this kind of task, is a smaller palm router quieter than a two--handed big router? or could you recommend me a quiet router? thanks
Unless you are with old school manual tools (and a whole lot of skill) this is a nessesarry evil. I lik to listen to music when working... A good pair of ear plugs or muffs is well worth it. The nett time you actually rout' in the whole build,
is not that long.
yes, video on poster mode. Please?!
Awesome!
🙏 Thanks
Pls make a video on how to print a template
There is one in the making (with a strat if you are interested). It'll probably be a few weeks after the Great Guitar Build-off is all done. #greatguitarbuildoff
What is the 3d software you used to make your templates
Hi @jimmyhumphrey_5975 and thanks for the comment. I am not sure which 3rd software you mean. I use Photoshop (or anything similar) for all the planning and sketching parts and Adobe Acrobat for printing. I am not sure of the printing capabilities of other PDF Reader, But Acrobat Reader is free and does the job. As I mentioned the graphic software can also be a free one (unlike Photoshop) but it needs to have the option of working to scale. Let me know if I missed anything. Cheers
What is the cut machine
what is good designe softwear that is good for the job and it is free
Hi @why.would.you.think.this123 . Having worked in graphics for years, I am used to Adobe products and never really tested all the free ones.
היי יואב, אתה עושה במקרה סדנא לבניית גיטרות?
הי. לא תכננתי על סדנאות. אולי בעתיד..
tyty
🙏 Thanks for the comment. (Short and to the point as it is). 🙂
Are you using a bench grinder to do your sanding at around 7 mins in?
It's an old bench grinder that I converted to a 7" sander. I have a 60 grit paper on one side and alternate the other with finer ones. It's great.
@@theelectricluthier1928 Thats cool, I like the idea of having one tool to do multiple jobs. So do you just stick the sandpaper onto a grinding wheel? Or is it an actual sanding wheel that you have?
@@nausicaa262 I replaced the grinder stones with two layers of 18mm MDF I cut to 7" discs which are glued together to give thickness. One layer has a hole large enough for the shaft and the outer one has a larger hole to fit the bolt that holds it, so it doesn't stick out. I sanded it with an orbital sander while it was rotating to get a smooth and balanced disc (it shakes like crazy until it balances). I then put strips of adhesive velcro on the outer flat side (covering the bolt). The sandpaper attaches to the velcro. I also added the little shelves on the sides. Hope it's clear enough...
@@theelectricluthier1928 I saw a video of that! Very cool
@@nausicaa262 I saw it too :-) Now the old, unused grinder is one of my most useful tools.
How to build ibanez steve vai template?
Thanks for the comment Advellson, 🙏 I love those guitars. I'll add this to my to-do list. Did you refer to the JEM or the newer PIA?
You can also do it yourself like this : ruclips.net/video/HX-7qX3OALg/видео.html
אתה מוכר טמפלייטים מוכנים?
לא ממש, סורי. יש מלא בחינם פה www.electricherald.com/guitar-templates/
. אפשר לקחת ולעשות שילובים
I got a face shield for the router. Those things are no joke.
Can't even say it's 'over-kill'. With templates and MDF in particular, breathing the dust is more of an issue. 😷
My computer doesn't have poster mode
This has nothing to do with your computer. If you open a PDF file (you have to save it as a PDF file) the 'poster' mode should be in the print options of Adobe Acrobat. Make sure you have it instaled, in case you were using another application. (It's free). I go into a bit more detail in my Strat Body build video : ruclips.net/video/FX9q3S7QXLc/видео.html&ab_channel=TheElectricLuthier
"what's the point of making guitars if you're gonna lose your hearing?" lmao
great point tbh
are you from Israel?
You got me. 🙂
@@yoavbinyamini yayy
More info on poster mode: ruclips.net/video/rW_PArgRqho/видео.html
Thanks for the assist 😉🙏
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Dude, I'm Jewish 🙂
Thick sharpie..? That'd be a bluntie. For those that don't realise it, a sharpie is just a brand of permanent marker...any brand will do. (".)
Please do a tutorial for pick ups and cavities
Thanks for the comment,I do just that in the Stratocaster Body series: ruclips.net/video/FX9q3S7QXLc/видео.html&ab_channel=TheElectricLuthier