Reamer
This is the pegbox reamer, made from stainless steel bar. It was turned to a 20:1 taper, then a spiral groove was cut into the taper using a hacksaw.
Ring Roller
Two shots of the ring-rolling tool I made. This is an absolute *must* to get the rings round and also to straighten fretwire, which comes wound in a coil. (Note the grooves in the rollers that guide the fretwire and stop it twisting round).The rollers are 2cm diameter bar.
In use, I clamp the rollers in a vice by one of the side plates and push/pull the stock though by hand.
You can buy tools to do this job but they always seem overpriced to me.
The cage that holds the third roller is simply pinned together by four steel wire pins - you can see them sticking out of the top.
The screw bar passes through a tapped hole in the top plate and bears against a depression in the top plate of the cage. That depression is a hole just deep enough to locate the end of the screw and prevent the cage tipping sideways under pressure. - about half the material thickness.
The body and rollers are aluminium and the axles/pins are stainless steel.
Don't laugh!
- This is the method of cutting the end of the neck and other parts to match the curvature of the pot.I joined two pieces of scap timber with a woodscrew to form a 'T'. Then clamped the crossbar to the bandsaw table. (The moving piece is on the bottom so that it slides on the table rather than flapping about in the air.)
In use, I clamp the workpiece to the moving arm (sometimes I just hold it down by hand) then swinging the arm makes a nice smooth radiused cut.
The meck/body angle is adjusted by placing spacers under the nut end of the neck during cutting
