Cutting a simple pickguard

lovestrat74

I have a 3 ply BWB blank on it's way and I am going to cut it for my Epi below.  So I already have a template (the white guard) and a straight edge to work with.  Could I cut this with a fine jigsaw blade and tidy it up with a file?

What would you recommend??

barnstorm

If it was single ply I reckon you could do a decent job with hand tools, but I think you'll drive yourself potty trying to get a neat bevel all the way around to show off the BWB. No harm in having a bash on a scrap, though, before you go looking for the number of someone who makes custom guards.

lovestrat74

barnstorm said:

If it was single ply I reckon you could do a decent job with hand tools, but I think you'll drive yourself potty trying to get a neat bevel all the way around to show off the BWB. No harm in having a bash on a scrap, though, before you go looking for the number of someone who makes custom guards.

Yes the bevel is going to be the challenging part    There must be someone out there with a genius way to get a decent bevel using hand tools.... 

MLten80

If you have a router; Make a mdf template of the pickguard. Use it to trim the pickguard once rough cut... then double sided tape it onto template & use a 45° bevel bearing guided bit to go round it

Hope that helps.  Done a few with that technique 

poopot

Easiest and quickest way is to make a template from mdf and use that to route a new guard... only way to get a really neat job

lovestrat74

Okay router it is then  

lovestrat74

So I did it. Not bad considering it was with a jigsaw and a file 

lysander

That looks pretty clean !

stephen.wood125

Nice job!

Sesh

Not that it looks like it needs it but I've got good results scraping the edge off plastic with Stanley blades or single edge razor blades.

lovestrat74

Cheers guys. It still needs a wee bit more work. Think I might increase the angle to show off more of the white. Quite a straight forward but rewarding thing to do.