ItsForrest
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SInce there have been a couple people asking for more info on the cutter I made, I thought it might be helpful to post more info. So, here goes. Hope you can make sense of it.
I made mine rather large. Since I was cutting strips off of a 24" wide piece of plywood, I made the thing 24" long. Half that size or 12" would have been fine until or unless I start using longer molds at some point.
For materials, the Home Depot and Lowe's here have an assortment of smaller pieces of plywood so you don't have to buy an 8' x 4' sheet just to make a small project. I got a 2' x 4' piece of plywood 3/4 inch thick. The thicker wood will be needed so the tension of the string doesn't cause it to bend when you tighten it up. Look for a decent quality with a sanded finish. I also needed a small piece of 1/2 thick plywood to mount the tuner to. The 3/4 stuff was a bit to thick. I had some of that in my scrap pile.
While you're at the hardware store, get a hinge. I used a 2" hinge. They usually come in packs of 2 so you'll have an extra.
I also put some rubber feet on it that I found near the hinges.
Next you'll need to go to your local guitar store. You will need one tuner and a string. Look for the guitar store or music store with an instrument repair shop and they should have a box full of used tuners cheap. For the string, ask for an un-wound 18 G-string. They will know what you're talking about.
You will also need wood glue (Elmers white glue will do also) and assorted wood screws.
I made the bed a bit over 4" wide to hold a large loaf of soap.
You need just a short back wall or fence to keep the loaf straight when cutting..
Once again a bit over built. Big enough to easily clear a loaf 4" wide and 4" tall.
Base is 10" wide.
Note that the hinge is opposite the fence as the wire will push the soap against the fence as you cut.
Square blocks are added to the cutter arch to have something to support the hinge.
I drilled a small hole to thread the guitar string through. That green thing is the ball on the end of the string.
Line up a saw cut with the hole - takes a bit of planning and pencil marks to get everything all lined up.
Hopefully this will help someone else out. Let me know if you need any more details.
I made mine rather large. Since I was cutting strips off of a 24" wide piece of plywood, I made the thing 24" long. Half that size or 12" would have been fine until or unless I start using longer molds at some point.
For materials, the Home Depot and Lowe's here have an assortment of smaller pieces of plywood so you don't have to buy an 8' x 4' sheet just to make a small project. I got a 2' x 4' piece of plywood 3/4 inch thick. The thicker wood will be needed so the tension of the string doesn't cause it to bend when you tighten it up. Look for a decent quality with a sanded finish. I also needed a small piece of 1/2 thick plywood to mount the tuner to. The 3/4 stuff was a bit to thick. I had some of that in my scrap pile.
While you're at the hardware store, get a hinge. I used a 2" hinge. They usually come in packs of 2 so you'll have an extra.
I also put some rubber feet on it that I found near the hinges.
Next you'll need to go to your local guitar store. You will need one tuner and a string. Look for the guitar store or music store with an instrument repair shop and they should have a box full of used tuners cheap. For the string, ask for an un-wound 18 G-string. They will know what you're talking about.
You will also need wood glue (Elmers white glue will do also) and assorted wood screws.
I made the bed a bit over 4" wide to hold a large loaf of soap.
You need just a short back wall or fence to keep the loaf straight when cutting..
Once again a bit over built. Big enough to easily clear a loaf 4" wide and 4" tall.
Base is 10" wide.
Note that the hinge is opposite the fence as the wire will push the soap against the fence as you cut.
Square blocks are added to the cutter arch to have something to support the hinge.
I drilled a small hole to thread the guitar string through. That green thing is the ball on the end of the string.
Line up a saw cut with the hole - takes a bit of planning and pencil marks to get everything all lined up.
Hopefully this will help someone else out. Let me know if you need any more details.
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Sorry, but I'm not using any soap cut with a G- string! (I just had to)
