Guitar neck radius jig

Router jig for guitar neck. I have seen a lot of jigs for radiusing the fretboard, but not much for the neck itself. Since the radius is tight (1.125 inches) I felt it would be better to rotate the wood than the router.

This jig only does a single radius, but if I used different sized wheels on each side, perhaps it could do a compound radius.

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Music

Tags:

• guitar
• neck
• router
• jig

[Zard0zz]

Mmm not very stable ! your gig is shaking and difficult to making a perfect radius

[center77]

You are correct, the prototype isn't a finished jig. Remember that its purpose was rough cutting, not producing a finished neck. Lately I have switched to hand tools, and my next neck (an archtop neck) won't work in this jig.

[yumpin]

this is good to remove material, but i always do the final shaping by hand so i can feel exactly how it will turn out. And Willmorrison51's idea would stabilize that seemingly wobbly jig.

[center77]

Yes, I find the neck shaping by hand to be enjoyable lately. My last two necks (bamboo) were shaped with the rasp. So I haven't used the jig lately. I will probably make one for cutting the binding channel.

[willmorrison51]

I'd like to add one suggestion. Try using drawer slides for the horizontal movement. They can be screwed into a frame that holds them very steady, they are more than strong enough to hold your router, and they are inexpensive. I've made several jigs with them, and they worked well on every one.

Very cool idea.

[center77]

Thanks, that is a great idea. Lately I have been making necks with a complex radius so I haven't been able to use this jig.

[Fili2009able]

It looks so dangerous! thanks for the idea anyway.

[guismth]

scary...



[TheMACcar]

I agree with the radio...lol

[GameLevelEditor]

Not bad. Since us hillbillies don't have a cnc in our basement it be neat to make a homemade duplicator somehow so you could trace neck jigs on the other table to match the wood stock that is being routed.

[Rusti84]

ROFL

[bohs1984]

A pin router with the right cutter and a little jig to keep it flat works like a charm. Gets it perfect to about 98%. After that just a little sanding and a good eye does the trick. Takes about 1/4 of the time this seems to take and does a MUCH cleaner job.

[DyingFetus408]

@center77 how did you order your material? I was looking into using bamboo for a couple of projects, I researched and people said talk to flooring company's but when I think of flooring I think of thin wide sheets of wood sorry kind of a newb to this business.

[dark5fall]

i have the same router