Members TravvyBear Posted December 6, 2011 Members Share Posted December 6, 2011 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" My white 3 ply begs to differ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SnorkelMonkey Posted December 6, 2011 Members Share Posted December 6, 2011 It's obvious you never honed the coping saw method(and why should you?) I'm finishing up a degree in woodworking, take a guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members frenchji Posted December 6, 2011 Members Share Posted December 6, 2011 I'm finishing up a degree in woodworking, take a guess. I have a degree in music.. I can't play jazz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hangwire Posted December 6, 2011 Author Members Share Posted December 6, 2011 easy boy-os, its all good... I wonder if I could keep my crappy router handheld for drop in purposes, and use a mounted dremel for cutting outlines such as a pickguard. Would mounting a dremel upside down on a small bit of plywood work out just as well for just this purpose? I imagine there probabaly is a dremel system for this actually Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members erksin 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. He'd need a template to use a router. I've rough cut pickguards out on my scroll saw and then hand shaped and beveled the edges using a file and sandpapers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members frenchji Posted December 6, 2011 Members Share Posted December 6, 2011 easy boy-os, its all good... I wonder if I could keep my crappy router handheld for drop in purposes, and use a mounted dremel for cutting outlines such as a pickguard. Would mounting a dremel upside down on a small bit of plywood work out just as well for just this purpose? I imagine there probabaly is a dremel system for this actually Yea.. I use the dremel to cut out the pickup holes... works great for that kinda stuff. I've seen jigs made before for dremels.. but to buy the actually tool dremel makes for that function usually is fairly inexpensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members erksin Posted December 6, 2011 Members Share Posted December 6, 2011 And Dremels spin too fast to use with plastics - {censored} melts like crazy using a Dremel. I know from experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members frenchji Posted December 6, 2011 Members Share Posted December 6, 2011 Double post fail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hangwire Posted December 6, 2011 Author Members Share Posted December 6, 2011 And Dremels spin too fast to use with plastics - {censored} melts like crazy using a Dremel. I know from experience. my dremel is variable speed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members frenchji Posted December 6, 2011 Members Share Posted December 6, 2011 And Dremels spin too fast to use with plastics - {censored} melts like crazy using a Dremel. I know from experience. I've never experienced that.. I wonder what I'm doing differently? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members erksin Posted December 6, 2011 Members Share Posted December 6, 2011 my dremel is variable speed So is mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members erksin Posted December 6, 2011 Members Share Posted December 6, 2011 I've never experienced that.. I wonder what I'm doing differently? Probably my choice of bit - what do you use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SnorkelMonkey Posted December 6, 2011 Members Share Posted December 6, 2011 He'd need a template to use a router. Read a few posts back. And... he has a router Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SnorkelMonkey Posted December 6, 2011 Members Share Posted December 6, 2011 And Dremels spin too fast to use with plastics - {censored} melts like crazy using a Dremel. I know from experience. I've used a porter cable for years cutting these types of materials at 27.5k rpm. No issues at a fixed rate speed. What you need to learn is how fast to your feed the material. Too slow burn, too fast tear out and chipping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sparkfriction Posted December 6, 2011 Members Share Posted December 6, 2011 I'm finishing up a degree in woodworking, take a guess. i am a "craftsman" vanisher/painter - but no one believe me if it comes to questions about finishing guitars or painting pedals etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SnorkelMonkey Posted December 6, 2011 Members Share Posted December 6, 2011 i am a "craftsman" vanisher/painter - but no one believe me if it comes to questions about finishing guitars or painting pedals etc. Hey Spark ya know me it ain't like that. Dude asked me if I've ever had experience with a very basic hand tool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sparkfriction Posted December 6, 2011 Members Share Posted December 6, 2011 Hey Spark ya know me it ain't like that. Dude asked me if I've ever had experience with a very basic hand tool. yeah sorry Snork i know - my post was just out of my brain without any sense and it was not aimed to you or the talk here... it just remindes me at my expierience... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 my dremel is variable speed I've got two of them - one that can spin pretty darned slowly, and the second one that doesn't. I could see using the slow spinning one for this kind of thing, but not the other one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jnepo1 Posted December 6, 2011 Members Share Posted December 6, 2011 I use a laminate trimmer to cut out pickgaurds. It's essentially a commercial version of a Dremmel w/ a flat base like a router. I easier to use than a Dremmel and less cumbersome than a router. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members frenchji Posted December 6, 2011 Members Share Posted December 6, 2011 Hey Spark ya know me it ain't like that. Dude asked me if I've ever had experience with a very basic hand tool. I never said you didn't have experience.. don't put words in my mouth. I said you obviously didn't have much experience using that tool to cut pick guards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members flanging_fred Posted December 6, 2011 Members Share Posted December 6, 2011 I just finished cutting my first scratchplate, I don't have an router so I used... dremel for roughly cutting out the shape. Seemed to work okay for me just don't get to close to your outlines.drill - for making guide holes and of course pot holes etc.needle files - I couldn't have done it without thesemetal straight edge - to file up against.small G clamps.- to hold the straight edge downsandpaper to clean up edges It didn't come out perfectly but I'm reasonably happy with the result. If I did it again I would give myself a little more room to the outlines I wanted. I cut a little close with the dremel at times. The needle files are surprising quick/good at getting rid of material and getting the edge where you want it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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