Luthier Tips du Jour - Making Forms

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Uploaded by on Jan 25, 2010

Luthier and Instructor, Robert O'Brien, shows how to make external forms for guitar building

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  • What a clever video. anyone who has ever seen an old fashoned movie that was like that will appreciate what you did. Not only was it cleverly done, it was very informative. I have used this method to build forms for my ukuleles and it works very well for them also. I like the idea of the tubing. I only used the rod with washers and nuts on both ends. This is much better. Thanks for all your informative videos. They have helped me building both guitars and ukuleles. Thanks.

  • @mvecellio1 Thank you for the compliments. I am glad you are enjoying my videos.

    Happy Building!

  • Hi there, i'm planning to make a few of my own mold and i was wondering where i could buy one of those large shaper routher bits ?

    Thanks Paul

  • @biggestclaptonfan There are many woodworking supply places that sell shaper bits. Do a google search and a number come up.

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  • @fuckyouendlessly Shut up. Lets see you make a better tutorial...i doubt you could, with a name like 'fuckyouendlessly'. until you do, keep your shit comments to yourself

  • Maybe if a person were going into production. But easy to make one-off forms. I start with a design, and I make a plexiglass/plywood half pattern, that will be my pattern and my fox bender inserts. When it comes to making a form, I therefore already have a nice half pattern to work with.

    I glue up several layers of stock with clamps, no screws. Just one form size a time. I lay out the pattern and cut out the center/waste on a bandsaw. I finish the form on a drill press drum sander.

  • Nicely done. Thanks again for another GREAT tutorial.

    Hutch

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