Guitar Building Tools and Jigs

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In need of an electric side bender and you don't want to spent the $750.00 for one? Take a look at buying one of our detailed Headed Side Bender Jigs and save about 2/3 of that money. Think how many guitar sets and tops that will buy.

Here at Ultimate Guitar OnLine we have a great variey of Guitar Building Tools and Jigs available for your use in pursuing your passion so you CAN build your own guitar, quickly and conveniently..

All of our Guitar Building Tools and Jig Plans are drawn on my CAD system and are accurate to within 1/1000". There is meticulous detail on all plans and they can be used to make your templates, guitar forms and specialty jigs to make your guitar building experience more pleasurable.

All parts for our guitar building tools and jigs are dimensioned and different materials are all called out . Everything is dimensioned and we give full scale cutout templates if you prefer to glue these to the wood prior to cut-out.

Also for your convenience, for most or our Guitar Building Tools and Jigs and Molds we will give you a plywood layout diagram so you can see how to save as much of that valuable cabinet grade plywood as possible.

As an example, with our Heated Side Bender Jig, we give you the layout for all the Bender parts and also include (4) different sized guitar mold cut-outs with full size guitar outlines for the 000, Dreadnought, Grand Auditorium and Classical Guitars. All of this on a 48" x 48" piece of plywood.

All Guitar Building Tools and Jigs are available in either pdf format or printed on standard bond white paper. Prices vary and will be listed with each plan on the tabbed pages listed above.

Just click on the "Add to Shopping Cart" button for each plan and you will be taken to our secure server for worry-free check-out that is safe and secure..

Upon ordering you will be given an email for immediate downloading of the plans through a link directly to the ftp server. No special hardware required.

You will have 48 hours to download your digital copies. There are up to 5 sheets of drawings for some of the plans, but these don't total much over 1MB, so download times are very quick, even on a 56K modem. We are sure you will be very pleased with the level of detail and quality of these drawings.

Guitar Building Tools and Jigs That We Have Now:

the Heated Guitar Bender Jig

Look for these Guitar Building Tools and Jigs that are coming in the very near future, as I am working on them right now.

Unheated Guitar Side Bender
Go Board Gluing Jig
Guitar Plate Jointing Jig
Inside Molds For All Our Guitar Plans Guitar Workboard For All Our Guitar Plans
Acoustic Guitar Saddle Routing Jig

So if you are interested in how to build a guitar - or how to make your own guitar, pick from one of these finely detailed plans and start building your dream guitar!

Ultimate Guitar Heated Side Bending Jig

The Side Bending Jig is probably one of the best guitar building tools and jigs to advance efficient guitar building that has come along in quite a few years. If you currently bend your guitar sides over a hot iron, boil the side and clamp them on a form or a combination of the two, you will just love this tool.

The side bending jig is available commercially, but its' cost may be somewhat prohibitive at $650.00. You then need to make a guitar form for each guitar shape you intend to purchase. Each of these will set you back an additional $80.00, if you decide to purchase pre-made forms. You also will need to purchase the stainless steel slats that are placed on each side of the wood sides, prior to heating and these cost $58.50 per set of (2).

Materials List To Make A Fox Bender From Luthiers Mercantile Inc:

But Wait! - You Do Have One More Alternative:

We have plans available that do not need the bending blanket or the thermostat. The Plans are $11.99 for a very complete set of plans that will give you a beautiful bending jig. The plans come complete with a materials list, full scale parts layout and the part layout on your plywood. They are fully dimensioned and give assembly instructions.

Light bulbs and they work great.

I've been using one of these for years and decided to share my plans with you so you can enjoy it as well. Besides, it is a great feeling to make one of these benders and see what it produces.

We have sources for a Press Screw for less than $20.00 and the cost of the light bulb receptacles is minimal. The only other big expense is the stainless steel sheets for bending. You may be able to do better than the $58.50 per set. I would imagine you could find some in a local sheet metal shop for around $35.00 to $40.00 for a set. So here is the price list for an Ultimate Guitar Building Side Bender:

Materials List Ultimate Guitar Building Side Bender:

Detailed Bender AND mold jig for 4 sizes of guitars: $11.99 and here is what you will need to purchase to make the actual bender jig:
Press Screw for Waist Compression: $20.00
Set of Steel Tension Springs: $12.00
Porcelain Receptacles and Electrical Wiring: $15.00
Stainless Steel Slats Set of (2): $40.00
Baltic Birch 3/4" Cabinet Grade Plywood for Bender: $45.00
Baltic Birch 3/4" Cabinet Grade Plywood for Mold: $22.50
Total Hardware Cost: $154.50

OK we saved over $200.00

The great part about it is if you decided to add the warming blanket later you still can. (I wouldn't know why though.) Also some luthier shops get several of these going at one time because you can only do (1) side at a time. I know shops that have up to 6 of these or more to keep production going.

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