Custom Made Router Bits

strat man 69 · November 24th, 2009, 11:27 AM

I was watching the Wayne Charvel videos and he stated that he uses a custom made router but to make the back shape of his guitar necks. Does anyone know of a company that will make one and what the cost would be? Thanks

guitarbuilder · November 24th, 2009, 12:14 PM

This came up in a search and looks like it may help you.

http://www.talkshopbot.com/forum/mes...tml?1178714424

jefrs · November 24th, 2009, 12:16 PM

It's a job done by an engineering 'toolmaker'.

I was taught to make lathe tools but the high speed of a router blade make the job rather specialized.

strat man 69 · November 24th, 2009, 01:04 PM

Thanks all. I will look at the site and see what I find. If I get one or a price, I will post it here for all.

joe desperado · November 24th, 2009, 01:37 PM

Essentially you need a shaper or 1/2" router that will take a 1.25" radius round over bit. One with a piliot bearing. They sell on ebay for around $25 for a cheap one. That and a jig can pretty much shape your neck in short time. I currently am working out the bugs on Bill's neck shaping jig that i made. In the end, I still think the round over bit is a better option.

If you are a member at the OLF, there is a great tutorial on using a shaper to do neck blanks (accoustics). Its probably not done the way you would think its done.

Joe

Mojotron · November 24th, 2009, 03:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by joe desperado

Essentially you need a shaper or 1/2" router that will take a 1.25" radius round over bit. One with a piliot bearing. They sell on ebay for around $25 for a cheap one. That and a jig can pretty much shape your neck in short time. I currently am working out the bugs on Bill's neck shaping jig that i made. In the end, I still think the round over bit is a better option.

If you are a member at the OLF, there is a great tutorial on using a shaper to do neck blanks (accoustics). Its probably not done the way you would think its done.

Joe

I've been experimenting with Bill's neck shaping jig too, so far I've done 5 practice necks on it and it works pretty well - I think once I practice some more it will do any neck back I would want: It's really flexible for doing things like taking neck back profiles from a 2-D drawing of a profile or using a woodworking profile tool. I just needed to work out the scaling and it did a good job. A few days ago one of my mistake pucks gave me a neck profile that was similar to an old Charvell that I used to own.

That's a great jig and it only cost $10 to build.

Shepherd · November 24th, 2009, 03:24 PM

I looked into a custom bit and they wanted $300

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preeb · November 24th, 2009, 03:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shepherd

I looked into a custom bit and they wanted $300

.

That's pretty cheap.

Shepherd · November 24th, 2009, 08:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by preeb

That's pretty cheap.

preeb · November 25th, 2009, 02:09 AM

November 24th, 2009, 11:27 AM	#1 (permalink)
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joe desperado Tele-Meister Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Chicago Posts: 219	Essentially you need a shaper or 1/2" router that will take a 1.25" radius round over bit. One with a piliot bearing. They sell on ebay for around $25 for a cheap one. That and a jig can pretty much shape your neck in short time. I currently am working out the bugs on Bill's neck shaping jig that i made. In the end, I still think the round over bit is a better option. If you are a member at the OLF, there is a great tutorial on using a shaper to do neck blanks (accoustics). Its probably not done the way you would think its done. Joe

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