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ken cierp · Post by **ken cierp** » Thu Sep 04, 2014 9:36 am

John Greven's pixs demo -- functional volute

http://www.grevenguitars.com/birds-beak-demo.html

Dave Bagwill · Post by **Dave Bagwill** » Thu Sep 04, 2014 11:42 am

Good demo - not too difficult until that special jig appeared.

Dave Bagwill · Post by **Dave Bagwill** » Thu Sep 04, 2014 1:41 pm

Actually, after looking at that box-type jig, it's fairly straight forward. In fact the process itself looks very doable even for someone at my level.

Dave Bagwill · Post by **Dave Bagwill** » Fri Sep 05, 2014 12:00 am

Not quite seeing how that 8* board works. Can someone elaborate please?

ken cierp · Post by **ken cierp** » Fri Sep 05, 2014 8:00 am

The sides of the beak are angled 8 degrees -- that block is used to tilt the neck blank for the band saw cut. Flipped end to end for the second cut. The raised piece is a key that fits into the truss rod slot to help keep the beak centered and symmetrical.

Dave Bagwill · Post by **Dave Bagwill** » Fri Sep 05, 2014 10:06 am

Ok, thanks, hard for me to visualize. I'll just have to go out to the shop and mock one up to see how it works.

Dave Bagwill · Post by **Dave Bagwill** » Fri Sep 05, 2014 3:59 pm

Now this pic - notice where I x'd in red - what is that area?

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