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04-17-2005, 06:50 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Atlanta/Loganville | | | Dig the Big Pig's Jig Rig
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Here's pics of my neck jig system in it's current state. This is the natural progression from the wood jig I show pics of in the other thread about neck tapering jigs. So, onto pic 1...  - jig tray and clamping extrusion
- clamps
- various spacers for under the blank
- rails for freboard radius apparatus
- fretslot cutting system
- bearing guided router carriage
- router carriage (2) for the fretboard radiusing system
- adjustable radius sanding block
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04-17-2005, 06:59 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Atlanta/Loganville | | | THE BASIC ROUTING SYSTEM
This is the basic setup for doing TR channels, skunk stripe slots, and the sides of the neck. The blank is clamped in place and the router rides on a bearing guided carriage for ease of motion. 
Here's the underside of the carriage showing the 3 tracking bearings on each side: 
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04-17-2005, 07:01 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Atlanta/Loganville | | | THE BASIC RADIUSING SYSTEM
Here's how I adapted JP's radiusing apparatus to my system. It works OK but I'm going to do some mods to make it better like switch to an all bearing guided system instead of letting the carriage rock on the rails. But it's substantial and does the job...  |
04-17-2005, 07:05 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Atlanta/Loganville | | | THE FRETSLOT CUTTING SYSTEM
This is a StewMac fretslot cuttin system that's been attached to my jig via other extrusions that are part of the same system. They work together to allow for the parts to got together like you see here. The mitre box was attached to one of the channel extrusions and then inserted into the jig. I'm going to expand on this and make it longer for my next version. I'm also attempting to make a setup jig like the StewMac version and mount it on a piece like this mitre box so that I can do neck setups on the same system like all of the other processes.  |
04-17-2005, 07:29 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Tuscumbia, AL 35674 | | You should sell a kit, complete with instructions, etc. because I would definitely buy one.  |
04-17-2005, 07:40 PM
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Owner/builder LeCompte Electric Bass & V-Groove Basses | | Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Houston, TX | | Awesome!...and tell us again why you can't get a decent neck out of this rig? Looks like the necks could build themselves. 
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04-17-2005, 07:48 PM
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Owner and builder Clementbass | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Central Florida | | Holy Smokes!  |
04-17-2005, 08:06 PM
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Owner and builder Clementbass | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Central Florida | | I couldn't resist. do you know about this? http://www.bigpigjig.com/index.htm |
04-17-2005, 08:09 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Canada & USA | | | Wow, that's an impressive piece of kit, Hambone. |
04-17-2005, 08:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Vermont, USA | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Hambone Here's pics of my neck jig system in it's current state. This is the natural progression from the wood jig I show pics of in the other thread about neck tapering jigs. So, onto pic 1...
(snip) | Did you build this yourself? It looks prefab. If it's all you, that's damn impressive. (Not that I wasn't already impressed by your work.) |
04-17-2005, 09:28 PM
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Originally Posted by teej You should sell a kit, complete with instructions, etc. because I would definitely buy one. |
I was just thinking the same thing, you should really sell some of this stuff.
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04-17-2005, 09:29 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Atlanta/Loganville | | | I built this from scrap and backyard engineering. One thing led to another and that led to this. It's not machine shop quality nor precision and it could be better than it is. It's a tinkerer's contraption. But that makes it neat in that I can add to it easily. I've got a couple of things planned. But to do them, I might start from scratch and make a better, more precise version - and something longer. This one is 36" and will do my bolt-on with blank overhang. |
04-17-2005, 09:31 PM
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Originally Posted by tjclem | You can't live in GA without knowing about the "jig". I've got friends that compete every year. |
04-17-2005, 09:41 PM
| | I won't let your shadow be my shade... | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Western Massachusetts | | | Hambone's Da MAN!!!! I'm mainly posting here so it goes in my subscriptions so when I have some $$$ I can find it easily and copy it like a college kid with broadband for the first time.
Thanks again as always Hambone.
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04-17-2005, 10:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Tuscumbia, AL 35674 | | Looks kinda like your old jig, but made of metal (aluminum?). I shall begin replication immediately!  |
04-18-2005, 03:51 AM
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Originally Posted by teej I shall begin replication immediately! | Ditto that... 
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04-18-2005, 04:29 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Singapore | | Wow Hambone, if there was a "Most Important Contributer" award on TB, I'd nominate you for it  Thanks for selflessly sharing all this stuff that you've put in good effort and time into 
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04-18-2005, 05:59 AM
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Owner and builder Clementbass | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Central Florida | | Mr. 'Bone been to the jig twice lots of good smells. Never have been there to eat anything  |
04-18-2005, 06:32 AM
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Originally Posted by tjclem Mr. 'Bone been to the jig twice lots of good smells. Never have been there to eat anything | You are surely a man of great strength and fortitude. Stronger than I am!
What were you there for then? Firefighting? |
04-18-2005, 04:53 PM
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Owner and builder Clementbass | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Central Florida | | They weren't handing out food!#$#   It was torture! I guess they hadn't done the judging yet.t | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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