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Using duct tape to hold the piece to the jig, in conjunction with a push stick, and you can't see what can go wrong????? You are apt to seriously injure yourself like that .And of course you will need two different spacers because after the first cut the dimensions off the fence change, or are you jigging to the scrap side? Another big safety no no! I just threw a board on my sled to demonstrate, no extra stops or anything just align wherever you want the cut and clamp then cut. Simple, effective and SAFE,. No offense but maybe this isn't your game.

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Brian

You never know what you are capable of until you actually try.

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No offense taken whatsoever, Brian ...but I don't think you are fully grasping what I mean by a double stepped spacer ...there is no registration off the scrap side involved...I have cut tapers this way (in thicker material admittedly) for 30 ...35 years, and I still have all my fingers...I see no reason why I can't cut my first fret board like this.

If you have been duct taping pieces of wood together and pushing them through a running table saw and still have all your fingers, you should by a lottery ticket right now cause you are a lucky fellow. That is a recipe for injury if I ever heard one. I used to quip about a 30 year career in high end woodworking and having all my fingers too......it happens real fast! One poor decision and that's that, they don't grow back.

In effect I see how you index to the fence, I get it. Geometrically it works if you reverse the jig and the fence but I would still rather something that solidly holds the piece being worked. If not for the sake of your own personal safety, than at least from a quality standpoint. The slightest slip between the jig and the piece and the taper is off and the board likely ruined. These are not table legs that can vary slightly from one to the other, the string along the edge of the board on a finished instrument will be absolutely straight and any waver in the boards edge or deviation from the proper angle will show. Honestly a 3/4" X 1/2" strip glued to a scrap of plywood with two toggle clamps attached to it is not a large investment in jigging. I've built far more elaborate jigs to make one component of a project just to toss them after completion.

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Brian

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I use a sled I picked up at Rockler when it was on sale...and the 7.25 diablo blade....

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Thanks for the tip, Todd!

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Todd Rose
Ithaca, NY

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I just knew Wayne Henderson and I were twins separated at birth ...we both play guitar the same way, (except he's a little better) and we both have the same adventurous approach to wood machining ...who could fail to be entranced by this video of Wayne machining a ukulele back freehand ...http://vimeo.com/13184455

In all seriousness I have decided I will in fact make a sled to cut the fretboard taper ..or rather two sleds, you can't do it with one sled, unless you turn the fretboard upside down for the second cut, which is probably a bad idea ... or I suppose you could use one sled and use it in each miter slot alternately with two separate stops glued, a left hand and a right hand ...I assume that that is in fact what everybody does ? ...

[quote="Todd Stock" I just reverse the board...I know there is potential for a little more tearout, but I think a sharp blade makes up for a lot of that. Just one sled for me.[/quote]
Just to clarify, Todd, by "reversing the board", you mean you are turning it upside down for the second cut, am I right ? ie slotted side down ...

I use a bandsaw and clean it up with a block plane. It takes far less time than it would take to change the blade on my tablesaw. If I were mass producing, then maybe a tablesaw would work better. But then again, if I were mass producing, I would just get a CNC machine and not hassle with the tablesaw blade either.

Just to clarify, Todd, by "reversing the board", you mean you are turning it upside down for the second cut, am I right ? ie slotted side down ...[/quote]


I think Todd and I do it the same. The board is always right side up. One cut is made from the nut end of the board the other towards.

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Brian

You never know what you are capable of until you actually try.

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Filippo,
What kind of pore filler do you use on your jigs ?





Nice looking jig dude. Clean and simple. I am going to have to make myself one, albeit not as nice as yours !
L.

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Cut to size.....Beat to fit.....Paint to match.

+1....40 tooth Diablo.

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I read Emerson on the can. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds...true...but a consistent reading of Emerson has its uses nevertheless.

StuMusic

No kidding, that is a beaut Filippo!

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If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason. - Jack Handey

That's not even his prettiest one. He's got tooling made with figured maple.

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I read Emerson on the can. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds...true...but a consistent reading of Emerson has its uses nevertheless.

StuMusic

That is the Cadillac of jigs! I'm going to build one, one piece at a time.

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Pat

Whoops

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Pat

Trying out my new Android fone and tapatalk. SORRY! Why can't you delete??

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Pat