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How I cut a truss rod channel using only hand tools. Most of the work is done with a 6mm chisel, before moving onto the router plane.
May 27, 2022 5:38 AM
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How I cut a truss rod channel using only hand tools. Most of the work is done with a 6mm chisel, before moving onto the router plane.
Vertron
In channel rod we, trusst
WhichIsIt
Something something truss rod in your moms channel…
Luthierfer
My favorite stuff. Lutherie, woodworking and handtools!
GraceMcClain
Today I learned what a Truss Rod is for.
LordHosk
(watches him cut channel with chisel) "you know there is a plane you can use to cut groves like that" (uses it) "oh" (reads description)"oh"
handtoolbuilds
The chisel is a little faster and is a great way to establish the channel. The router plane is the satisfying part though!
LateNightBunnyParty
My dad was a luthier when he was younger. I can remember him taking logs and turning them into guitars using nothing but hand tools.
Pfffftit
If, if only there was a tool for this
handtoolbuilds
I know right! Think of all the time I could save!
CalvinMcFly
LittleAzie
Nice, but I am lazy and would of just used me mill for this...
handtoolbuilds
I would love to have a mill!
LittleAzie
One of the benefits of growing up with parents that worked making moulds for metal foundries. But, they way you are doing it is great. 1/2
LittleAzie
Besides, chisels are the under rated tool of the tool box. Using one right shows true craftsmanship.
JohnnyOToGooooo
This is super slow even in time lapse!
handtoolbuilds
I know it would be much faster with power tools, I enjoy the process though.
stonetemplefox05
Measure once, cut twice!
GaryFreakingOak
Just checked out your builds. Beast, keep it up.
handtoolbuilds
Thank you! I'm busy editing my current, almost complete, build. I'm very proud of how it's turning out.
GaryFreakingOak
Great woodworking. I’m planning on building a shortscale bass body from scratch as I have a neck and pickups
handtoolbuilds
Good luck! The cavities are a challenge, but it's a rewarding experience.
GaryFreakingOak
OMG. I thought this was solid wood. You put so much effort into this. As it’s my first proper build I’ll probably just use a slab
GaryFreakingOak
Maybe a semi hollow someday but bit to advanced for me now. Much nicer than having a pick guard or access for control cavity on the back
AtypicalMammal
Is the end result somehow better than if you used power tools?
handtoolbuilds
No. A power router will do it faster and cleaner. I build to relax though, and there's nothing relaxing about a power router!
mrmartini
This is the way. I have a few old instruments (1890s-1940s) when they were mostly all handmade. Absolutely incredible craftsmanship.
palatinusmusic
Nothing beats playing the first power chord through a Marshall amp on an electric guitar that was built without using any electricity :)
KidAmnesia
I did that on the first electric I build, before getting a router. Looks waaay easier in this video than it was for me at the time.
handtoolbuilds
The magic of video editing makes it look easier. Luckily I enjoy the challenge.
upthehillandtotheright
Is there a yiutube channel
handtoolbuilds
There is! https://youtube.com/handtoolbuilds
RagnartheCat
Fun Fact- A dude once said "fuck this noise, let's do it the easy way" and invented the fender stratocaster
Provos
I don’t trust this.
HomeDepotAisle15
Oh fuck work that wood.
mrssugar
Why is this so satisfying?
skankhunt51
Nice chisel!
handtoolbuilds
I'm very happy with the Narex chisels!
deathbyhug
rollingdashacredotcom
I never not laugh at this. Plus one for you
LeutAldoRaine
Amen
AtLeastImWearingUnderwear
For anyone wondering, a truss rod does in the neck of a guitar to allow you to adjust the bow in the neck. Caused by string tension
vicvalour
I thought they made a storage spot for their metal rod, thanks
ShenanigansForHireExperiencedBeerTasterAndCraicFacilitator
In Rod we trussed.
gotigs
And banjos. Don't forget the banjos! ?
maggiepuff
Like to add that it's used in electric and steel stringed guitars, but not nylon guitars since the tension from nylon strings is lower.
BenderRodriguezz
And because the neck is much thicker.
WhatzitTooya
Got to admit, took me longer than it should have to realize it's NOT a youtube channel dedicated to hand tools.
llcoolj
Step one: don’t work with employees who use a chisel as a paint can opener.
handtoolbuilds
Step two: use employees head to close paint can?
llcoolj
Lmaooo
FiftyShadesOfMascarpone
I'm not much of a handyman but I know that's what a flathead screwdriver is for.
Onetonmanwithaspoon
Are we just going to watch someone play with their wood?
ArtSparkle
Shhhhhh im busy
Avsfan
I’d say based off the types and amounts of certain websites, yes.
ReadMyLeaders
I truss him to hand my tool and channel my rod
q2grapple
It’s okay, I’m learning while watching
handtoolbuilds
Playing with my wood relaxes me and helps me sleep. I try to do it every night.
Incognitomodeactivated
As you should
feanoreldar
Vatafeo
Only when they try to truss their rod in
300Hectares1TankofKerosene
Props on the commitment!
UnitConversionBot
6mm ≈ 240 thousandths of an inch
OverMyDadBody
"24 hundredths" would be the same but simpler and "about 1/4th" would be the easiest to imagine.
SomeoneTookMyUsernameToo
6mm is pretty easy to imagine. AND it doesn't need any fractions to work with.
marzolan
There’s actually a unit for it - a mil is a thousandth of an inch. Very frustrating as an engineer when people shorten millimeter to mil…
DaveSamsonite
10cc = Amazing Band
ThereAreCrocodiles
Thanks, UCB, that "240 thousandths of an inch" will come in handy to know.
FreeRangeToast
“…or the thickness of one pickle from a McDonald’s™ bigmac!” -Americans
OkOkTryNotToSayTheWrongThing
But.... routers...
somethingstupidandclever
Routers are for posers. Chisels all day.
Boatsntoes
I want one with WiFi 6e
TK421isAFK
No, this is so much neater and cleaner. Didn't you see those razor-sharp chisel lines?
KierCalhen
Apparently you’re using dull router bits.
TK421isAFK
I would be if the end result looked worse than this.
jhilligo350
Lol! You can use a knife and straight edge first to cut clean edges, then chop out the middle
TK421isAFK
I have a Bosch rotary knife that has a built-in straight edge for just such an occasion.
jhilligo350
And today I learned about a new tool, I'm going to have to try one of those, thanks!
TK421isAFK
Uhh...I was trying to make a joke about using a router.
BenderRodriguezz
You're a router!
rbudrick
I'll show you a router!
hippy80
are expensive
mcbeasty16
Chisels get rediculously expensive. Especially if you're talking about professional craft stuff. Router would save a lot of money
rbudrick
If making guitars, pretty sure dude can afford. Not THAT expensive.
handtoolbuilds
Unfortunately good hand tools can be even more expensive than power tools.
KierCalhen
*looks at 5k worth of hand tools collecting dust in his storage unit*. Sigh. Yep.
KierCalhen
Look at their name.
aface62
One could argue that a router is a hand tool.
KierCalhen
The thing he uses to clean the channel is a router plane but a power router is not a hand tool. You’d use a router table for a truss slot.
DylanHolderman
You need a plow plane if you’re going to continue making that slot with only hand tools
handtoolbuilds
Normally I would use it, but to avoid a knot I had the center line running slightly diagonal and I was too lazy to square up the side again.
DylanHolderman
Hot glue a board to it with a shim at one end to make it parallel to your centerline
MrBobSaget
Do you just enjoy the method/craft of using hand tools as opposed to using a router?
TheWarHymn
Hand tools often afford more control and precision. I can get near drill press straightness with my eggbeater hand drill.
handtoolbuilds
Hell yes! For me, building is about relaxation. I often enjoy the process more than the result.
MrBobSaget
makes sense. Cool stuff. I am embarking on my own first wood working project (kitchen cabinets) and cannot imagine doing it by hand lol
VolcanoHerder
I'm a diy-er (so very different vibes) but I used a chisel for the first time recently and now I want to chisel everything! It's super
VolcanoHerder
relaxing and satisfying. Sadly my house renovation to sell doesn't require much nuanced work. But thinking of taking it up as a hobby. Any
VolcanoHerder
suggestions on "easy" first projects for a newbie like me? Also I'll check out your YT channel. Thanks for the cool post. :)
handtoolbuilds
Look up Paul Sellers on youtube, as well as his site commonwoodworking.com. He got me started.