Técnicas constructivas

• Elección de materiales
• Construcción de moldes, plantillas y útiles
• Medición
• Adhesión
• Controles de calidad

2: A Brief Review of Assembly Systems

2.1: Free Assembly Methods

2.2: Constrained Assembly Methods

3: Our Approach to Building

3.1: Our Building System

• 3.1.1: The Outside Mould
• 3.1.2: The Use of Dishes and Go-Bar Decks
• 3.1.3: The Bolt-On Neck

4: Workshop, Tools, Equipment and Jigs

4.1: The Workshop and Humidity Control

4.2: Stationary Machinery

4.3: Hand Power Tools

4.4: Hand Edge Tools

• 4.4.1: Standard Bench Planes
• 4.4.2: Block Planes
• 4.4.3: Finger Planes
• 4.4.4: High Angle Planes
• 4.4.5: Shaves
• 4.4.6: Scrapers
• 4.4.7: Chisels
• 4.4.8: Saws
• 4.4.9: Rasps and Files

4.5: Sharpening Tools and Process

4.6: Measuring Instruments and Marking Tools

4.7: Clamps

• 4.7.1: Spring Clamps
• 4.7.2: F - Clamps
• 4.7.3: G – Clamps
• 4.7.4: Instrument Maker’s Clamps
• 4.7.5: Trigger Action Clamps
• 4.7.6: Parallel Screw Clamps

4.8: Special Tooling, Fixtures And Jigs

• 4.8.1: Body Shape Template
• 4.8.2: Body Mould
• 4.8.3: Go-Bar Deck
• 4.8.4: Dished Work Boards
• 4.8.5: Side Bending Equipment
• 4.8.6: Binding Ledge Routing Machine
• 4.8.7: Panel Joining Fixture
• 4.8.8: Bench Accessories
  • 4.8.8.1: Bench Hooks
  • 4.8.8.2: Shooting Board
  • 4.8.8.3: Panel Planing Board
  • 4.8.8.4: Thickness Gauge
  • 4.8.8.5: Neck Carving Horse
• 4.8.9: Routing Aids
  • 4.8.9.1: A Custom Fence for Routing Bridges
  • 4.8.9.2: A Trammelling Router Base for Circle Cutting
  • 4.8.9.3: A Simple Router Table
  • 4.8.9.4: Rectangular Work Board
  • 4.8.9.5: Bridge Routing Jig
  • 4.8.9.6: Body Mortise Routing Fixture
  • 4.8.9.7: Brace Bottom Curve Routing Fixture
• 4.8.10: Neck Bolt Drilling Jig
• 4.8.11: Neck Tapering Fixture
• 4.8.12: Classical Headstock Barrel Boring Jig
• 4.8.13: Fretboard Caul
• 4.8.14: String Spacing Tool for Nut Layouts

4.9: A Note on General Gluing Practice