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I'm about to post a question and thought this was a good time to share something too. A while ago I had a friend with a cnc make me 2' long templates of a 15' and 28' radius. From that I've made lots of tools one of them being this router jig. On one side is a 15' radius and the other a 28' radius. With pressure clamps I put a brace in and with one pass i've got my radiused brace. After I'll cut off the ends that didn't get routed, lightly sand the brace on another radiused jig that has 120 grit glued to it. Hope that made sense.

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I have a similar jig but use double stick & a router table.

I like yours better, looks a lot faster.

Thanks for sharing.

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I'm not a luthier.
I'm just a guy who builds guitars in his basement.
It's better than playing golf.

Nice, but I have a jig with a clamp, a couple of wedges and a really sharp block plane your ready to glue

Maybe this should go on a new thread, but do you have any pictures?

I'm curious how your jig enables you to plane a contour.

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I'm not a luthier.
I'm just a guy who builds guitars in his basement.
It's better than playing golf.

Nice jig patch. I could see setting that up and running off enough braces for ten guitars and be good to go for a while. Makes for good production work.

I don't have any pics but all I did was glue a shim to the thin sided end of a 2x4 to act as a stop. Mount the 2x4 in a vice and use a block plane to arch the brace. I have templates to draw the arch on the side of the brace then just plane close to the line. One final pass with the plane that removes a paper thin strip of wood and it's done.

We at one time sold a brace making jig, but I have to say this method is hard to bet -- ease, speed and simplicity. Less than a minute per brace!

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Takes me not much more than a minute per brace to plane them freehand with a block plane. Once you get the hang of it, you can pretty much hit the mark after the first set of swipes. Sometimes I have to do two sets. That said, there is no set-up time at all, and no jig to store.

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Looks like a good jig, well done.

I made one similar, but for a router table.

Many ways go get that job done...

I built two or three jigs for this. Then I figured out I really didn't need any of them.
But I guess they were fun to build anyway.