As the title says, gotta be something here for just about all of us.
http://www.homemadetools.net/category/luthiery
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As the title says, gotta be something here for just about all of us.
http://www.homemadetools.net/category/luthiery
nice one DK, when I have time I'll check it out
398 ideas as you say got to be something handy for everyone
This might take me a while to get through it all...
Pest, one does not simply have enough "homemade tools"
when you find something interesting or useful please post it on this thread cuz
Well I had an idea for a simple clamp that stops bridge pins from flying out when stringing acoustics.... Might see if someone did that already...
great link DK, thanks
Very handy!
Thanks for the link mate.
A very, very, very useful and interesting link. Cheers!
http://www.homemadetools.net/tuner-fitting-fixture
This one looks handy. Lining up tuning machines can be a difficult chore by eye alone.
Buckets of goodness here. Thanks Dave.
Hey Guys,
Great site you've got here - and thanks for the kind words about ours (HomemadeTools.net)!
One of our most prolific builders (Christophe Mineau) happens to be a luthier. Here are a few direct links to some of his best work:
Luthier's File Mount
Long Reach Cam Clamps
Binding Laminating Jig
Engraver's Bowl Vise
Router Plane
Luthier Clamps
Lining Clamps
If you'd like to have any of your tools featured on our site, just send me a message. We'll add it directly and post in the thread with links to your new entry. We always fully credit the original builder by linking back to your original forum thread, credit your username, and include a small image (similar to those displayed by Google Images) of your tool.
Ken
Ken here from HomemadeTools.net.
I know this thread is an old one, but we still appreciate the links! :)
To celebrate our 20,000th homemade tool, we made a new ebook featuring our top 50 homemade tools. You guys are welcome to it for free:
http://download.homemadetools.net/50MustReadTools.pdf
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Hey Ken,
Thanks for dropping by.
Just had a look at the book, and I must say it has "divorce" written all over it. :)
One question - how do I convince the Minister for Finance I need a metal work lathe to build wooden things? :cool:
Hey,
Glad you're enjoying the book.
http://www.homemadetools.net/forum/i...es/hat_tip.gif
I've been very fortunate in the MoF department; mine has quietly tolerated an airplane project (and part of a second), several project bikes, and now a kit car. If I knew the formula, I'd bottle and sell it, but it's just luck and I can't help you there! :D
Ken
What car kit are you building Ken, a few of us one here have Lotus 7 inspired kits or scratch buildsQuote:
Originally Posted by KenHMT
Hi Dave,Quote:
Originally Posted by dave.king1
I'm building an Ultima GTR. Just beginning to work on mounting engine ancillaries to the firewall. I'm hoping to be done toward the end of the year, but don't quote me.
Ken
Nice, I do like the Ultima, Lee Noble designed some nice stuff before deciding to become a proper manufacturerQuote:
Originally Posted by KenHMT
Thanks Dave much appreciated
Thought I'd put another idea out there.
For a fret levelling bar I "may" have entered the green shed and come out with a spirit level of suitable length :)
Cheap as chips and has two machined surfaces to attach the paper to.
That will work well, Dave.
Now.... For even thinking about the BGSFS, thats a paddlin..
Entering the BGSFS, thats a paddlin...
Actually buying from the BGSFS, 12 months in the Naughty Warehouse.
Woks will pour you a beer...
Make it a Coopers Pale please Wok and if I'm to be there for 12 months it had better be a bloody big fridge and the cricket on the TV
Looks like some things don't change.
sorted DK got plenty of Coopers PA and the cricket will be on the big screen. Be good to have a chin wag lots to talk about !
Lozza will be in for 15 months as well
Barman Woks will be busier than a one arm bricklayer in Beirut !
Yay! Lawry's back!
Hey Fretty, yep, I'm back.
Maybe the naughty room needs its own thread. 😏
First rule of BGSFS, you don't talk about BGSFS.Quote:
Originally Posted by dingobass
Saw this today pickguard bevelling tool. Some clever people.
a rather cool video from Temple Guitars in Victoria
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9K77ejuYiI
Ok, I need to know what the FS is on the big green shed? For stuff?
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Big Green Shed Full of Sh*t
Guess these fit, even tho they are yet to be tested in the field.
Fret press
https://i.imgur.com/HbA3PR8.jpg
Mitre box for fretting
https://i.imgur.com/91SLn1J.jpg
Nice one Phil, that 3d printer is earning it's keep. I need those two in my kit for next build.
You could sell those Sonic. I'm sure there's plenty of us that could use tools like that.
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Had to cut a nut from scratch and, for once, could not just copy the old string spacing. But then I found this little gem:
Compensated String Spacing Layout Tool
You can also get it here:
CSSLT
Not sure of the name of the author of this. I *think* it's someone with the handle "Jaydawg" on TDPRI. It's a shame not to be able to credit the author for his useful PDF.
Note that it's probably not ideal for a nylon strung guitar, where the string diameters are all pretty similar. On a steel-strung guitar, you want the string spacing between the edges of the strings to be constant, so the spacings increase as the string diameter increases. With nylon strings, there is much less of a difference between the string diameters e.g. 0.028" to 0.045", as opposed to say .012" to 0.052".Quote:
Originally Posted by fender3x
The nylon strings also get bigger then decrease again, whilst steel string sets always increase.
0.028, 0.032, 0.040, 0.031, 0.037 and 0.045
0.012, 0.016, 0.024, 0.032, 0.042 and 0.053
With a classical/nylon strung guitar, you may be better off using a calculator like on this page, where you can type in your string diameters and get it just right. https://www.guitarrasjaen.com/Equisp...alculator.html
For a common 1st to 6th string spacing of 1.457"/37mm (classical nuts have a wider spacing but I used the same spacing for a direct comparison), the difference in spacing between nylon and steel string varies by around 0.25mm; sometimes plus, sometimes minus. It's not a huge difference, and there is always the question of human accuracy when marking and cutting the slots.
But if you look at the actual between string slot centre distances, for the nylon string, they vary by less than 0.28mm, whereas for the steel strings, the distances vary by up to 0.85mm, so given measuring and cutting accuracies, you may well feel that for nylon, equal spacing will suffice.
Note that this string to string distance variance remains constant whatever the nut width is, so the nylon string to string distance variance will be just the same on a 46mm spaced nut as on a 37mm spaced one (as will the steel string variance), although the actual string to string spacing distances will differ.
That's true! In addition to the guide you found I also saw this one that calculates from the sides of the nut rather than from E string centers:Quote:
Originally Posted by Simon Barden
https://manchesterguitartech.co.uk/f...ut-calculator/
But you are probably also right that compensating is overkill for a classical.