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Well,
I followed Dons instructions exactly,but all I could fit in this silly little drawer was a couple of pens-and pencils, and it didn't even close all the way!
How am I supposed to fit a router in there!!

Hmm I got suckered into that one too Brad, maybe its that Don has a very, very small router?

Kim

Nice thing about that is you can have the pens pointing any direction you want!

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Jim Watts
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Cheers

Kim

Gosh....Brad, I'm really sorry about that. I'm not sure what could have happened. I must have missed something...

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"I want to know what kind of pickups Vince Gill uses in his Tele, because if I had those, as good of a player as I am, I'm sure I could make it sound like that.
Only badly."

It's a great jig !!! I used mine today. Closed the boxes on my twins and routed away the overhang with my William's jig. Be using it again in a few days to do the binding channels.   I love it.

Ron

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Ron, stop teasing us buddy, show us some progress piccys please!

I heard some men have smaller routers than usual! peterm38961.0600810185

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Peter M.
Cornerstone Guitars
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And i thought Don would supply the router with the jig!

You will love using this jig Brad! Makes routing the binding/purfling channels virtually effortless!

What trimmer will you mount on it?

-Mark

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Mark,
I have an old Porter Cable laminate trimmer,not sure what model.
I will post pictures of the finished jig.
Brad

I just got mine finished in time to use it on the last guitar I built (L-00). This jig takes all the pain and gnashing of teeth out of routing binding rabbets.

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Dave Rector
Rector Guitars

C T Holden makes one. I haven't see it but the picture looks just like Don's. Also there is a guy on Ebay selling plans.

I don't know about table space but it does require a pretty big work surface. The main problem with this jig is that it is so big and that you only use it once or twice per instrument. Finding a table on which to use it isn't nearly as big a problem as finding a place to store it. Storage space is a fair price to pay for a jig that works as well as this does.

Finding a simple way to wall-mount the jig would be a good idea for folks with space considerations. It can't be that hard. Mounting the drawer to a simple shaft going through a couple pillow blocks screwed to a wall would probably work. Then you could just swing it out of the way when it's not being used.

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"I want to know what kind of pickups Vince Gill uses in his Tele, because if I had those, as good of a player as I am, I'm sure I could make it sound like that.
Only badly."

OOOhhhhhh I like that idea Don. I'm going to have to play with that one. I have just started gathering all the materials I need for the jig, but haven't started building. Have to get the tablecsaw motor fixed first, hopefully its just the capacitor. Timely suggestion. Thanks!

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Aoibeann

Let's see Hesch,
MMMMMMMM build one for someone who really wants one, that amounts to big $$$