Cheers guys...
Dynamic Mike wrote:Wow those cramps are pretty cool. Did you make them yourself?
No, although once you have one you can see how easy it would be to make as many as you need. They are called Klemmsia clamps and they are a type of cam clamp. They are very popular with guitar makers for a number of reasons, they are very light, it's possible to put them in place one handed and then use the same hand to keep things together and free the other hand to tighten the clamp, it can apply a lot of pressure but in a very controllable way. In the UK you can buy them
here and
StewMac have their own versions too.
Jumpeyspyder wrote:Wow, your jigs are better quality than my finished DIY jobs
Did you do anything to stop the backs from sticking to the jig ?
what type of glue did you use ?
Cheers Jumpey... If you look closely at the pic of the back jointing you can see the end of a strip of newspaper. It lies between the jig and the glue join. I wipe the paper with candle wax but that's not essential, some of the paper sticks anyway and you still have to plane and scrape the surface true on the outer side and thickness from the inside. I'm using Evostick PVA wood glue, in theory Titebond or Humbrol is marginally better as it has less slippage when it sets. But for something this size it isn't significant.
Hewesy wrote:Gorgeous Zen. Fancy moving on to a lapsteel slide guitar next (I could use a week on the south coast...)
Hewesy
Cheers Hewesy, I thought you would have finished the lapsteel by now!! And besides, it would take longer than a week. But if you have a workshop I'm more than happy to visit with my tool boxes as long as you feed me and take me to the pub every night
Andy
