You've re-invented (or discovered) and old tool called a "Turning Box" (AKA Moulding Box, Fluting Box), used in conjunction with a scratch stock for putting decorative longitudinal mouldings on stair columns, table legs and so on.

Thanks for the shout out- this looks like great fun!

Thanks for providing the plans, your awesome!

An innovation that actually works

Great job! There’s another million dollar idea I didn’t think of. Oh well.

This thing is very impressive. I can imagine one made of steel in a mass production application.

Amazing stuff for sure

Dude, you are the king of jigs!! 👍👍👍💪 23:49 ... Punk Rock ... aka Cruel Shoes (Steve Martin reference)

Très ingénieux bravos !!!!

That’s really super

This is really amazing. Been thinking about a simple neck carving contraption. My original idea had the router fixed to some sort of 'dome' or 'arch' amd the neck static below. But this is way more elegant. Loved your style of subtle humor and 'wing it' approach. Keep it up. Subbed.

Thanks for the safety alert!! I have had this exact thing happen to me and had no idea why the bit moved. Now I know what to look for, I do not want to have a bit screaming past my ear.

1) Most important part of this vid by far is the safety warning about loose bits. I too own this exact palm router, and I came within 10 milliseconds once of a bit flying out of it. I too noticed that something squirrely was going on with my cut, and I stopped the router just before bullet time. That'll stop your heart momentarily. That was all the wakeup call I needed to be sure that the bit is properly tightened down. NOT the fault of the router (which is a fine one), but my negligence. 2) I too have endured my share of being annoyed by the cord of routers getting in the way. I guess (like most of my other tools) I'll eventually convert most of them to battery powered. 3) I would never make an electric guitar neck from scratch. I buy the completely finished ones (frets and all) sourced from China. The electric necks they're cranking out nowadays are superb and inexpensive. Just as good (better imo) than anything Fender or Gibson have ever produced. I buy the flamed maple ones with flamed maple fingerboards. Gorgeous! The barrel is very comfortable in the hand, whether the 42mm (Fender) or the 43mm (Gibson) versions. Plus, the clear finish is spot-on perfect. The flamed maple look really dresses up a build and makes it snazzy and something to be proud of. I pair those necks with Fender-issue gold tuners with white pearl buttons for Strat/Tele builds. Why go the blah/typical look when you can go whole hog and make that thing look very classy for relatively cheap bucks? You can have those (overpriced) axes that look that they've been dragged over an asphalt parking lot to "age" them. Ugh! (Tip: the only thing that's going to make you play like SRV is a lot of practice - the guitar itself isn't going to do that.) 4) Acoustic necks are a completely different matter. I would never buy one of those pre-made. The headscratcher is how to make a one-piece neck with one of these "barbeque spits" as I like call them, without CNC. But would be great if making a two-piece neck (barrel with glued-on heel), and staining the whole thing a dark cherry color, for example, to hide the spice, which drives me crazy if left exposed. I've done the heel-splice thing on a stained Gibson acoustic (restored neck) and it worked out great - splice is invisible. But a Martin copy is where you run into trouble, and that's where you need a one-piece neck. 5) GREAT explanation and video of this gizmo - one of the best I've seen. Very well narrated - didn't mumble his way through the whole thing.

Sorry for commenting this late. I started to watch yesterday, and now I'm ready. I'm a little unwell right now, everything takes me longer. But soon I'll be well again.

That's brilliant! When you talking about the faceting, I was thinking about a rounded bit of some sort. Really cool to see your whole process.

I love your content. Every video is worth watching twice. Thank you for sharing.

That's an arduous video to edit. I feel your pain. I need to fine tune my version of this, and your timing is prefect. Very much appreciated boss. Lots of improvements on mine.

Just one paper template?! Now that's a real dissapointment 😁... Turned out pretty nice there though. Keep up the good work, and stay safe! Greetings, PTR

This is fantastic work. It will certainly help speed up neck shaping for you moving forward.

Nice work Thanks for sharing!!!!

Grazie.

Thanks mate for sharing this, and the plans. I’ve been looking into building this jig for a while. Nice work

Nice work!

Hi, thank you very much for this next project. Wonderful and well explain. Best regards.

obrigado

This is awesome! New sub!❤

Genius!

Thank you!

Brilliant video, and thank you so much for taking the time to make and upload your videos.. Keep up the great work.. Its really appreciated. My question is... Would it be possible to make a similar jig for doing the radius of the fretboard..and could it be also adjustable to carve different neck radius sizes? Thanks again, Ray from Ireland.

Great project! Concerned about your airways! All wood dust is a hazard.

Yes, watch out for dropping a bit, clean the shank or shaft of the bits! ( I've seen production shaper bits come apart,..adjustable wing types...always double check your cutters

Just a thought, you could 3D print the cams - that means you could easily make a whole heap for different profiles and supre accurate.

might be usable to make compound radius fretboards too , you need to hang it upside down over a belt grinder though been looking intoo a jig for that and was thinking on just cutting a regtangle piece of plywood ar a slant 9.5 inches on one end and 15 inches on the other over the total length of the fretboard , cut a split down the slanted piece on both ends and fitt doorhinges in that that hang it from a contruction hanging over a moveable belt sander (could be as simple as hanging it from the edge of the workbench with the beltsander sitting on the floor ) and hang the neck in some way (neck pocket with a scew and a bolt through one of the tunerholes i guess ) with the fingerboard down of the hinged piece the underside holding the neck must be perfectly level over the sander and basicly sway it back and forth over the beltsander untill it doesnt sand any more off then move to the next bit untill you done the whole fretboard could move the beltsander up and down to cut more of the fingerboard by stacking sheets of thin plywood or melamine under it you can still use the later router though you need to raise the sides of youre jig or the sides of youre sled and use a longer bit to clear everything

Loved it. Great distraction from all the craziness of the news. Question??.. have you thought about "drop in" cams .. So changing up for different profiles would be easier?

Great video! So well detailed throughout the process. If I ever decide to make a jig I’ll definitely be coming back to this video as a reference guide! What type of pine are you using? Just like a 2x4 piece of lumber?

Awww, but you didn't give us the usual tone demonstration at the end! I need to know if it's a "BZZZZRRTRTRT", or more of a vintage "MMRRRROOWWRRBRBRB". Nice diagram graphics! And yeeeesh, thinking about that tool-failure ballistic shrapnel, eye and ear protection doesn't seem enough...

And the beard is back 😀

Use a ball end bit and a narrower one. That will give higher resolution to the carve

I was looking at these. I like a neck amd want to shape another the same way. Yes please, make me one too. Copy necks!

Made a routing jig also and turned the concept kind of upside down. The cradle is static. No rubber bands no slit in the end plates. The sledge is resting on a frame inside of the box which is resting on the cams and gravity will assure pressure against the cam and the bearing. Swappable 3D printed cams for different neck profiles. Nice content on your channel 👍

That’s more or less the rig that I have. I love it but I do not love that it leaves the 90* edges that still take a lot of time to transition. Nigel Forrester came up with a similar design, but for a shaper, running on the radiused side of the bit. Goes from blank to ready to sand in one go as the radiused bit does the transitions at the same time. Can’t wait to buy a shaper and make one. Neck carving is always something of a bottleneck…

Going to be hard to screw down to granite 😂

Bull nose bits work well for profile shaping and dont grab like a straight bit will

Could this be done using a large radius roundover bit (say, 1"), with one pass along the right side of the neck, and another pass along the left side, and with each pass slightly tapering the cut towards the nut? You wouldn't need a movable fixture. The neck would be fixed down, with the router moved along it to cut each half of the profile.

Nice one! Thanks for sharing the process and being so open about the incremental refinements you found it necessary to make. Do you reckon that this same thingy could be used to cut different radii into fingerboards, providing cams of the correct radius are in place? Just thinking aloud … Cheers!

Well done! I'm contemplating building one of these myself except even longer so I can shape neck-through style necks. I just complete a neck made primarily of purple heart and it was absolute murder to work with. Any thoughts?

instead of the pencil lead, modify the ends to fit a router to shape the profile in 1 go

Bonjour ,je suis français et je ne comprends très mal votre langue. Je n’ai donc pas pu bien comprendre exactement si vous êtes professionnel dans la lutherie ou la menuiserie, ou simplement un passionné. La maîtrise apparente de vos outils ne me permet pas de bien juger. Cependant la sympathie que m’inspire votre démonstration ,votre assurance ,et votre gentillesse, me pousse à vous mettre en garde en ce qui concerne votre scie circulaire sur table qui m’a l’air d’être une tueuse de doigts.si vous êtes musiciens vous êtes sûrement attentif à cela. S’il vous plaît renseignez vous sur une pratique plus sûr pour vos mains . Cela m’attristerait vraiment qu’il vous arrive un accident.pardon de cette ingerance mais c’est plus fort que moi

Will this unit also do a Gibson scale neck?

Roughen your router shaft with fine sandpaper.

Hey, I just finished building one of those fret radius jigs. Worked just as expected. Next step build my first neck. Thanks!

I can't thank you enough for this and the radius jig! I watched Randys vid as well and thought the pencil copying was brilliant. I am sure your experiments will save me a ton of trial and error... which I was not much looking forward to! Your contributions to the community are so helpful and much appreciated.

Hello, how would I change the profiles of neck, Profile C, Profile D????

do jigs from Freddy Gabrsek's box

or you could use a palm router