I'm goin' to Home Depot!

[Customisbetter]

haven't gotten a chance top get any more work done. iv had a lot of things going on lately. i should pick it up again next weekend.

 

[Angrychair]

nice work so far lovin the neck thru

 

[Andrew_B]

buy a bearing bit for your router, and a bit of wood with a perfectly straight edge and use them to do your neck taper....

you just stick the bit of wood on the neck along the taper line and the bearing bit will follow it,

thats how i get my taper unless in doing a scarf joint headstock...

 

[Customisbetter]

how do i get a bit that is 4 inches long?

or should i cut a rough shape and then do the side routing?

 

[daveycrockett]

who painted your toenails? brutal

 

[Customisbetter]

well i actually didn't get anything done this weekend.

i did however buy some tools for another project that i can use for this too.

hopefully i will get something done this week.

 

[Andrew_B]

how do i get a bit that is 4 inches long?

or should i cut a rough shape and then do the side routing?

umm...
why the hell do you need a 4inch long bit? lol

yea you rough cut the sides of the neck then rout...
you shouldnt rout more than like 2mm off per pass

 

[Customisbetter]

ah ok then! thanks

 

[Customisbetter]

Well i have decided that this build cannot continue if i use a jigsaw to cut the body. its totally worthless.

so.. i may get one of these next week.

im starting to wonder if i can get this done by next month... :/

 

[damigu]

that jigsaw cut you made looks good to me. what's wrong with it that you can't do the rest with the jigsaw?

 

[Arminius]

jigsaw + sanding = awesome

 

[Customisbetter]

the jigsaw didn't cut square. At all.

i did some more cutting after that and it turned out TERRIBLE. ill post some pics in the morning.

 

[Arminius]

Did it kind of fishtail out?

 

[Customisbetter]

the end of the blade did, yes.

 

[Arminius]

Yeah, there's not much you can do about that i'm afraid. Do you have a friend/neighbor/relative with a table saw?

 

[Customisbetter]

not that i know of. i might have to find a business around that has the equipment.

 

[Andrew_B]

the jigsaw didn't cut square. At all.

i did some more cutting after that and it turned out TERRIBLE. ill post some pics in the morning.

cause you were pushing it as opposed to letting the blade do its job
..

iv posted this pic on here before....
i use a pretty powerful jigsaw to cut out my bodies rough shapes, then follow that with a router and template, then sand....
(it was either sell the table saw and get a bandsaw.... or keep the table saw and cut them out with my jigsaw.... i ended up keeping the table saw)

 

[Customisbetter]

alrighty, i guess ill try again on another piece of wood.

also, is 3/4 horsepower enough power?

 

[Customisbetter]

haven't updated in forever. still have yet to finish the body wings. ill try to finish that today. its getting REALLY FRIGGIN COLD out here in michigan so progress is slowing...

pics tonight hopefully.

alrighty. i took the great advice here and went A LOT slower with my cuts. i also used a finer blade. here is the result on the top wing. the bottom wing will be done tomorrow.

as promised, here is pics of both body wings rough cut.

I have started making a template for the neck shape...

template is done-ish.

now i need a bearing bit for my router and i can get started on shaping the neck. I think i am done for today though.

 

[Arminius]

This is going to be cool! Can't wait!