Caveman jigs
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2015 7:14 pm
I had some free time so threw together a couple of caveman-easy things to make life easier.
I copied a mm scale and an inch scale from the computer, taped it to an old ruler with clear tape, marked the mm on one side and repeated with an inch scale on the other. The good thing is that '0' is in the center, which makes find the center of a board real easy to find. I have a Woodpecker's scale that does the same thing but it's 24" long and I don't need that much, much, muchacho.
A fretboard radius jig, loosely based on Ken's suggestion. Works just fine - I hold the fretboard down with the double-sided masking tape/CA trick, which I use for everything I can now.
The dremel now can be used like a little bottom-mounted router. It's just handy.
The 45 degree bench stop is for accurate miters on fretboard bindings etc. Actually more accurate than my miter box, go figure.
Also made a 5" tall mini-workbench that sits on top of my HF bench - no more hunching over.
I copied a mm scale and an inch scale from the computer, taped it to an old ruler with clear tape, marked the mm on one side and repeated with an inch scale on the other. The good thing is that '0' is in the center, which makes find the center of a board real easy to find. I have a Woodpecker's scale that does the same thing but it's 24" long and I don't need that much, much, muchacho.
A fretboard radius jig, loosely based on Ken's suggestion. Works just fine - I hold the fretboard down with the double-sided masking tape/CA trick, which I use for everything I can now.
The dremel now can be used like a little bottom-mounted router. It's just handy.
The 45 degree bench stop is for accurate miters on fretboard bindings etc. Actually more accurate than my miter box, go figure.
Also made a 5" tall mini-workbench that sits on top of my HF bench - no more hunching over.