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meddlingfool
 Post subject: OLF bracing Templates...
PostPosted: Tue Jun 24, 2014 8:02 pm 
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Coulda swore I saw acrylic layour plates for the SJ and MJ OLF plans, but I can't find them on the Stew Mac site anywhere. Did they stop making them?
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I just found a SM catalog from 2010. They only had brace templates for a Dred, a OOO, and a F5. They had the plans for the SJ and MJ, but no templates. Waldron carries acrylic bracing temps, but I don't know if they have the same bracing pattern as the OLF plans.

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Thanks...
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I have plans for the OLF SJ....

For my templates, I bought some clear Plexiglass from Tap Plastics. I have a mold I got from Bluescreek & traced the body outline onto the plastic. After that, I placed the plexiglass over the plans & did the same w/ the bracing patterns/soundhole/bridge & plate using a straightedge, compass & sharpie. I then drilled little holes in the plexiglass all along the points where the bracing ends are. Double & triple checking, making sure all lines & such matched-up w/ the plans. I had my templates....
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So Blues Creek has molds for the SJ and MJ?
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He did. I've had mine for quite awhile. You'll need to contact John & see if he can hook you up.

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Nice walnut...l
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yupper still have them

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meddlingfool wrote:
Nice walnut...l

Australian Blackwood it is . . .
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