Members hangwire Posted December 5, 2011 Members Share Posted December 5, 2011 looking to use up some hardware store gift certificates and a bandsaw is too much what do you guys use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SnorkelMonkey Posted December 5, 2011 Members Share Posted December 5, 2011 Router. Band saw's and scroll saws would make it look like {censored}. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TravvyBear Posted December 5, 2011 Members Share Posted December 5, 2011 Coping saw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hangwire Posted December 5, 2011 Author Members Share Posted December 5, 2011 Router. Band saw's and scroll saws would make it look like {censored}. really? what type... plunge or ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members frenchji Posted December 5, 2011 Members Share Posted December 5, 2011 A coping saw. A router would be overkill for just a pick guard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members frenchji Posted December 5, 2011 Members Share Posted December 5, 2011 Ah crap.. beat me to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SnorkelMonkey Posted December 5, 2011 Members Share Posted December 5, 2011 A coping saw. A router would be overkill for just a pick guard. A coping saw is going to get you that perfect 45* angle? Nah... You're not even going to get a perfect cut period. You can use a router for all sorts of stuff, you buy one for the pickguard and you use it the rest of your life for everything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Fender uses an industrial stamp press to cut out their pickguards, but I suppose if a bandsaw is too much to spend, the press is out of the question too... I don't know what would work best, to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members melx Posted December 5, 2011 Members Share Posted December 5, 2011 I used a hacksaw, it was rubbish and it came out crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hangwire Posted December 5, 2011 Author Members Share Posted December 5, 2011 I have a cheapy router but my woodworking friend has been telling me a plunge router would be better, but I never researched it for why... i have a coping saw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SnorkelMonkey Posted December 5, 2011 Members Share Posted December 5, 2011 really? what type... plunge or ??? The best way to do it is with a table router setup (just a base router will do and a basic table jig) and one of these. http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Tools/Routing_bits/Pickguard_Bevel_Cutter.html Edit, I just saw that was a 1/4" base bit. You'd be better off (having less vibration) going with the same type of bit but with a 1/2" collet/base Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hangwire Posted December 5, 2011 Author Members Share Posted December 5, 2011 i guess i could get a scrap piece for mdf and mount the router upside down... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TravvyBear Posted December 5, 2011 Members Share Posted December 5, 2011 A coping saw is going to get you that perfect 45* angle? Nah... You're not even going to get a perfect cut period. You can use a router for all sorts of stuff, you buy one for the pickguard and you use it the rest of your life for everything else. Use a file for the angle. Coping saw can do the rest just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SnorkelMonkey Posted December 6, 2011 Members Share Posted December 6, 2011 i guess i could get a scrap piece for mdf and mount the router upside down... Yep. You could fashion a simple makeshift router table and do a very professional job in seconds. I have one built into my table saw on the unused right side. Pretty common for guys to make that into your routing table as it saves room in the home shop. But you don't need to get that fancy unless you want to do more stuff down the road. You can pull down almost any template you want from the web. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Crxsh Posted December 6, 2011 Members Share Posted December 6, 2011 The guy that did mine used a band saw and a routing table... but he was a pro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members frenchji Posted December 6, 2011 Members Share Posted December 6, 2011 A coping saw is going to get you that perfect 45* angle? Nah... You're not even going to get a perfect cut period. You can use a router for all sorts of stuff, you buy one for the pickguard and you use it the rest of your life for everything else. No.. but the finishing part of it will. Make a jig at 45 degrees.. put sandpaper on it... tada! but if he thinks he could use the router for other stuff.. then totally get that. I love my dewalt router.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members frenchji Posted December 6, 2011 Members Share Posted December 6, 2011 i guess i could get a scrap piece for mdf and mount the router upside down... That's what i did.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SnorkelMonkey Posted December 6, 2011 Members Share Posted December 6, 2011 That's what i did.. So if you cut your pickguards with a routing table why are you steering this guy down the road of hard knocks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sparkfriction Posted December 6, 2011 Members Share Posted December 6, 2011 I used a hacksaw, it was rubbish and it came out crap. dunno what a hacksaw is - i tried it with a "compass saw" but it needs a cool hand and the right sawing blade... but also crap in the end Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Turd Furgison Posted December 6, 2011 Members Share Posted December 6, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members claytonjohn18 Posted December 6, 2011 Members Share Posted December 6, 2011 Use a file for the angle. Coping saw can do the rest just fine. Sorry, dude, but filing a bevel across an entire pickguard is going to be a)super time consuming and b)super {censored}ty looking when it's "done" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members frenchji Posted December 6, 2011 Members Share Posted December 6, 2011 The OP's already has a router. And router's are not as huge expense as you might think they are. Once you got one you can use it for all sorts of home projects and guitar oriented stuff like for instance routing out a body to accept a different pickup etc.. I would bet I could have a finished and flawless pickguard in seconds compared to how ever long it would take someone to cut one out with a coping saw and jerry-rig some sort of half ass jig to get a 45* bevel on the edge of it. I don't mean to argue but there's a right way of doing things and a wrong way. That might work for you on your projects but I doubt people would be lining up to buy pickguards from you. So if you cut your pickguards with a routing table why are you steering this guy down the road of hard knocks? I've built plenty of pick guards that are flawless with a coping saw and a jig. Sure it takes more time.. doesn't mean it's gonna turn out any different then with a router and definitely doesn't mean it's wrong. I was just suggesting something cheaper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SnorkelMonkey Posted December 6, 2011 Members Share Posted December 6, 2011 I've built plenty of pick guards that are flawless with a coping saw and a jig. Sure it takes more time.. doesn't mean it's gonna turn out any different then with a router and definitely doesn't mean it's wrong. I was just suggesting something cheaper. Hey I'm not dissing you but the guy is basically asking "How do you do something". Not how do you do something half-assed. If someone asked me "how do you build a table" I wouldn't tell them to cut it out of a solid block of wood with a hammer and a chisel. If you suggested something that could yield professional results I would have replied something along the lines of "yeah that's another way of doing it". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pewtershmit Posted December 6, 2011 Members Share Posted December 6, 2011 Toothbrush Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members frenchji Posted December 6, 2011 Members Share Posted December 6, 2011 But that's what I'm saying.. you can get professional results the way I mentioned of doing it. There is more than one way of doing things.. especially when it comes to woodworking. Err.. I guess this isnt technically woodworking. You can get very non professional results from a router as well.. it all boils down to developing the skills for the task. Everyone has a preferred method of doing things. It's obvious you never honed the coping saw method(and why should you?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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