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10-03-2013, 11:09 AM
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1st acoustic guitar build
I am fairly new on the acoustic guitar forum, have purchased a book and set of plans by J. Kinkhead build your own guitar. However. I have not received the book. In the meantime, I am a woodworker and interested in building some jigs required, especially for bending sides. Cannot seem to find a plan with appropriate dimensions. Would appreciate info from anyone who has constructed a guitar, and built or have plans for a jig.
Thanks for your help. Louis Petrolia 
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10-03-2013, 11:32 AM
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10-03-2013, 12:03 PM
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 Welcome to the forum, Louis. Hopefully you'll get some really helpful responses from the folks here in the "Build and Repair" section. This is where all the folks with the wisdom you seek hang out. Bel isi, -kyle
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10-03-2013, 01:13 PM
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The Spanish method is such that the only "jig" used to bend sides is a line drawn on the inside of the top of the guitar, which is clamped to a building board (solera) and the bent sides are then glued to the top with small triangular blocks. I free bend to the shape of my "jig", which is actually just a holder for the sides during construction. What type of side bending method do you intend to use? What dimensions are you looking for that are "appropriate" compared to the inappropriate plans you have found?? If you decide to use a bending machine/jig, there are many others here who can give you advice. I believe both LMII and Stew-Mac have bending machines for sale, and perhaps one of them (I'd guess LMII) could modify one to your desired shape. Expensive, though, so you'd have to consider whether it is worth it for your needs compared to building your own jig/holder which will cost only a few 10's of dollars worth of MDF and a few hours of your time. More information on your desired dimensions and methods will help others to respond to your specific needs.
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10-03-2013, 01:50 PM
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Welcome! I'm just wrapping up my first build and relied on the plentiful pictures in Kinkead's book. As for jigs, which ones are you referring to exactly? I attempted to make the outside mold with 3/4" MDF glued together but ended up doing it over with birch plywood because MDF is really messy to work with. I ended up keeping the cutouts to use as a bending form to use with a friend's Fox side bender.
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10-03-2013, 02:15 PM
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Jig build
Thank you Kyle. I am having a difficult time trying to figure out how to understand this site. Would appreciate if you could post it in repair and build. I am taking you up on this when you said that you would do it for me.
Thanks Louis Petrolia
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10-03-2013, 02:57 PM
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Louis: I assume you mean J. Kinkead for the plans and book. I would suggest that you wait for the plans if you are going to follow them before you built any molds or bending forms. Spend your time waiting by touring the net to glean as much info as possible. The Official Luthiers Forum is a good site for info. Have fun with the project.
Tom
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10-03-2013, 04:07 PM
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As Ned mentioned, there are numerous methods of bending sides. I use the method he mentions in addition to an early version of the Charles Fox side bender. Dimensioned sketches of that side bender can be found here: http://charlestauber.com/luthier/Resources.html. If you have any questions about the bender I'll be happy to try to answer them.
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10-03-2013, 06:35 PM
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Hello Petro - following the lead of others on AGF (and elsewhere), I built a pretty cheap DIY side bender. NOTE: Im a noob and have not bent wood on it yet, but here's the pics nonetheless. I may discover problems with scorching wood etc with this design, but others have been successful so I'll hope I will be too!
main ingredients that may not be obvious just from pics: - 1/2" aluminum rod (instead of steel fyi). - two shelves for the ceramic light sockets (attached to plywood squares), so that I can change their height (should have added dimmer switches but oh well....if I really need them, I'll do that later). - 150-200W clear bulbs. - Lined with aluminum tape. - Aluminum flashing (amerimax, $4 ish from amazon). Hope its thick enough.... - the extended blocks near base are just for clamping it down.  the innards......  the cheapo flashing..... 
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10-06-2013, 10:33 AM
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jig to bend sides (acoustic guitar build)
Thanks Sam
Appreciate your photo plan to build jig. I may decide to build this if I think it is necessary. This is only my first attempt to build acoustic guitar. Find if I will consider to build more, I will decide then. Thanks again. Louis (petro)
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10-07-2013, 07:20 PM
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Louis, Left of Sam built a nice looking bending form, and they work great. Just be aware of the reflective materials he put on the inside where the lights are. The inside of that box gets hot, and you need to stay with it while the wood is bending. You don't want to leave it.
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