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anyone have plans or pics of a jig for routing the trussrod channel.

thanks.

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zane.
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For a 2 way or 1 way truss rod? Here's one for a single action rod channel (like in teles and strats) from one of the guys over at TDPRI - http://www.tdpri.com/forum/tele-home-de ... lates.html.

For a 2 way rod that inserts under the fretboard, I simply use double-sided tape to attach my neck to my work table. Then I clamp a 3' level to my table so that it runs parallel to the center line on the neck. I set it just far enough away so that my router bit lines up with my center line and rides against the level as a fence.


I take small bites and do successive passes to reach my final depth, checking the depth after each pass to make sure I'm not going too deep for my truss rod.

Here's the rod I use


After routing the channel for the main rod, I've had to do a couple of different things for the adjustment nut slot. With the first rod of this type that I used, the nut was smaller than the rod, so I put in a smaller bit, readjusted my fence, and routed the slot for the nut. The difference in channel sizes kept the rod from sliding out of the headstock end. With the second rod I used, the nut was the same size as the main rod, so I had to go back and glue in a wooden stop between the rod and nut to keep the rod from sliding up.

thanks roger

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zane.
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For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. john 3:16.

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I'm with the entire router and a fence deal. However, some advice, dont cut the neck out to shape then try to route your trussrod, just use the board as a blank then route your truss rod by measuring your centerline and using a fence, and if you screw up a little, that's fine, just shape the neck around the centerline of the truss rod channel, that way it's always on center.

thanks guys

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zane.
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For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. john 3:16.

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Here's mine (without the router attached). I route my slot in the neck blank first thing (after laying out the neck) when it is a square blank. The jig affixes to your plunge router in place of the base plate.



Here's the bottom view. Screws on the side are used to adjust one hardwood runner and assure the bit is centered on the blank. Slide the free runner against the blank.


From the top. Use the thumb nuts to tighten the two stops in place once the bit is centered.

+1 - dead simple, and very hard to screw up, which is perfect for me.....

Yeah, that's what I use too. The "trick" is to route the channel before tapering the neck. Not much of a trick, but there you go.

While I agree that working with square stock does eliminiate some possibility for screw-up, it's not really that difficult to route on a profiled neck. Of course I've only made 3 necks, so maybe I just haven't had enough opportunities to mess things up yet

My truss rod channel jig is quite simple. It is a 3/4" piece of plywood that I cut a 1/2" channel in on one side using a router and a fence. This channel is the bottom side of the jig, I have a center line on the top side of the jig which I double stick tape the neck on and run it through my pin router with the channel being the guide. Works really well, I use the size router bit I need for the channel, and then continue into the headstock with a wider bit to cut the access. Of course this only works if you have a pin router, which if you don't, I highly recommend them.

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