Easy Jointer

[MSTFreak]

Love your guitars!

[kathmatsushita]

@MSTFreak Thanks!!!!

[goodyear2602]

simple, but very efficient. thanks!

[kathmatsushita]

@goodyear2602 Thanks for the thanks!

[jiefuster]

PS - your web site is very good!

[kathmatsushita]

Thanks --- I appreciate it!

[jiefuster]

After jointing, lay pieces on board 19mm MDF with a strip of newspaper below. Nail 2 blocks against one long edge. Make a tee pee using a 19mmx30mm stick under the join and nail 2 more blocks on the other edge. Remove the stick and carefully push the 2 pieces flat. If they are hard to flatten, draw a pencil line on the outside of the blocks, and renail wider on pencil line. Glue with batten clamped to hold down. This gives excellent fit and you can feel any gaps as they move under your hands.

[kathmatsushita]

That's basically the method I've been using all these years (they were in the instructions on my first kit), except that I just use nails along the sides of the boards! It's always worked well for me, so I've stuck with it...

[jiefuster]

Kathy, A good jointer will do this job in about 4 seconds. Set the jointer at almost zero to avoid chip out. Then use the 'four nailed blocks" to join - rarely fails. What heating blanket do you use?

[kathmatsushita]

Thanks for the tip! Excuse my ignorance, but what is the "four nailed blocks" method you mentioned?

As for heating blankets, I had gotten one from LMI a long time ago (6" by 36"). I also have a smaller one (6" by 25") from Hanalima, for smaller instruments.

[Hupaand]

I try to lessen the rocking by sanding in only one direction.

[sasusena]

If you devote attention , I think the concept of putting the shim under the glass , its to move back and forward , and not in just one direction.

[albertaboyz]

Way cool, I knew I had seen this on a web site some where. Looks easy to build at home.