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Blackwater River Guitars
Tools


Fretboard Radius Jig

This jig allows you to create a constant radius on the fretboard.

Jig

Neck Clamping Jig

This jig holds a neck for carving and shaping. Wish I had thought of this before I made the first neck.

Neck Jig

Bridge Clamping Jig

This jig helps put pressure all along the bridge when clamping.

I built this with scrap wood and less than 50 cents worth of hardware.

Bridge Clamp

Binding Routing Jig

This jig cuts channels for bindings and purflings. Original design by Harry Fleishman.

I built this from instructions posted on luthier, D.E. Williams's Website. Mine was made to fit my Bosch Colt laminate trimmer.

Binding Jig

Circle Cutter

I built this based on a description in John Bogdanovich's book, Classical Guitar Making: A Modern Approach to Traditional Design. Made to fit my Bosch Colt laminate trimmer. Works great.

I use it to cut rosette channels, soundholes, and solid wood rosettes.

Circle Cutter

Pipe Clamp Vise

I first saw this on Kathy Matsushita's Website (jigs page).

I originally attached it to my stationary workbench, but later modified it to attach to my "workmate" type device.

Pipe Clamp Vise

Neck Tenon Jig

A modified version of the fixture that Stewmac (www.stewmac.com) suggests building for their neck tenon template.

Neck Tenon Jig