Making a Telecaster Style Guitar Body with Templates (Woodshop

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Жыл бұрын

In this video I'll show you how I took a swamp ash body blank that I already had glued up and turned it into a telecaster style body. With the help of some 1/4" mdf templates and a couple hours, the body is ready for the next step in becoming a guitar. It's a really simply process but let me know if you have any questions about the whole process.
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@peachmelba1000 7 ай бұрын

One thing I would caution people to remember is depending on the wood species being used, be careful taking full depth passes when routering the outside body profile. Some woods will blow out under too heavy a cut, so sneak up on the final pass. This has the fortunate effect as well of reducing or eliminating burn marks from the cutter.

@colbybotts4809 Жыл бұрын

Love it! Great job!!!

@KeyWoodworks Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@orbiterguitars Жыл бұрын

Enjoyed that, thank you

@KeyWoodworks Жыл бұрын

You’re very welcome.

@chrisobrien6529 Жыл бұрын

Love it.

@KeyWoodworks Жыл бұрын

Thanks man!

@gregmize01 Жыл бұрын

Leo was a genius!

@KeyWoodworks Жыл бұрын

Absolute genius!

@CBGypsy03 7 ай бұрын

Wish I had these tools.... im going all hand tools and it takes forever lol. This was great :). Thanks

@tompfeiffer-xy6ks Жыл бұрын

Great overview of the process. Why does the neck pocket look deeper than the .625 you have marked?

@juanphoa Жыл бұрын

you sure make it look easy! like you just knocked it out one morning in time for brunch

@KeyWoodworks Жыл бұрын

If you’ve made a body before, it’s pretty easy the second time round…brunch is my favorite.

@IantheWoodcraftsman 4 ай бұрын

Good job, and you're well-equipped for it. Are there follow-up videos to progress the guitar?

@Dewad0000 Жыл бұрын

For the control cavity, could you route the back side if you wanted no control plate and just knobs and the switch on the front. If so, would anything else about the route outs have to change?

@peachmelba1000 7 ай бұрын

No, not really. Same template, opposite side, leave a 1/4" of material at the bottom of the control cavity. Additionally, if you wanted to build the guitar to also not have the small, visible wire channel behind the neck pickup you could easily blind drill it with a long 1/4" bit, but keep in mind that on a classic Tele style guitar, the route for the neck pickup is pretty small, and the lead comes off the pickup from the center. See how that small channel is at 45° to the centerline of the guitar? Blind drilling that, you would not be able to replicate that angle of passage, nor have it originate from the center point of the pickup cavity. You'd have to drill at a more oblique angle, starting through the neck pocket and make sure the cavity had extra depth to accommodate some back looping of the lead. Hope that makes sense. Lastly, you could also simply make the body blank 1/4" shallower, route it exactly as it was done here, and then apply a nice one or two piece top, and then only route the top material away from the two pickup cavities. Use a bottom bearing guided bit and just follow those inner profiles. Look at how a Les Paul is built. Same procedure.

@kylewest6485 Жыл бұрын

How do you drill the holes between the different pickup cavities? Trying to imagine how to get my drill level in there

@KeyWoodworks Жыл бұрын

You need a really long drill bit and be ver away of your angle. You’ll be fine

@RedivivusMusic 6 ай бұрын

how deep is the neck area routed?

@justafase 10 күн бұрын

What is that bit that he hogged out the neck pocket with??

@TheOdizeo Жыл бұрын

thanks so much for making this. is the template made of MDF? I'm curious if humidity is a problem.

@KeyWoodworks Жыл бұрын

Yeah I make my templates out of 1/4” mdf and haven’t had any issues with humidity

@michaelcowart6100 20 күн бұрын

It would be helpful to explain as you go

@StErBeN_ 9 ай бұрын

Is there a way to drill the holes for the pickup cables with out having to make that slit in the top? I haven’t found any tutorials that explain how to do it

@KeyWoodworks 9 ай бұрын

For sure, just take a long drill bit to drill from the neck pocket through the neck pickup to the bridge cavity.

@StErBeN_ 9 ай бұрын

@@KeyWoodworks thank you very much!

@davidspencer2333 Жыл бұрын

Great video! Could share the model numbers and/or the sizes of the two router bits you used with the body template?

@KeyWoodworks Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Every bit was from BitsBits.com and they were both 1/4” shank pattern bits and flush trim bits and 1/2” pattern and flush trims.

@KeyWoodworks Жыл бұрын

and don't forget to use coupon code MORSELS15 to save 15%

@davidspencer2333 Жыл бұрын

@@KeyWoodworks Thanks!

@theshyguitarist Жыл бұрын

Man. Welcome to my I hate bandsaws club. 🤣🤣

@pauldisse1676 Жыл бұрын

I would like to purchase your templates how would I do that?

@KeyWoodworks Жыл бұрын

I don’t sell templates. There’s tons available on Etsy tho

@user-ho7yp6pf3x 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the silence, the video helped me a lot

@justinhargety Жыл бұрын

Can I use a jig saw instead of a band saw?

@mattreeves437 7 ай бұрын

duh 🤦‍♂

@justinhargety 7 ай бұрын

@@mattreeves437 shut up MATT

@Alice_Unchained22 10 ай бұрын

What is the machine at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="246">4:06</a> called? Awesome video btw

@Ted_James 8 ай бұрын

That's a router table.

@adamhicks9045 Жыл бұрын

Why don’t you use the CNC to do this?

@KeyWoodworks Жыл бұрын

Because the title says with templates

@shockthefox Жыл бұрын

Dude.

@KeyWoodworks Жыл бұрын

Dude!

@jloebach Жыл бұрын

Constructive criticism comment - I like the video's, but - for me - it's hard to watch without a voice over. I understand it's extra work (I probably don't understand how much extra work), but - for me - they make video's much more likable. I rarely watch more than a minute of a no-talk video

@xylology_est2018 Жыл бұрын

Might not be for you then. I personally hate Nick’s voice with a firey hot passion and think he’s doing us all a massive favor by keeping it out of there. Jk, Nick, big fan of this one.

@KeyWoodworks Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣 thanks