newbie:- making templates
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Topic: newbie:- making templates
Posted By: naughtydog
Subject: newbie:- making templates
Date Posted: October 18, 2004 at 5:30 PM
I am new to fabrication and wondered what most prople use for making templates. I have seen in a book a foam profile gauge, you can use this to take on a shape and then transfer this to your template( ie. for making an mdf panel to carry an amp on the side of a shaped boot).
What do you guys use to make your templates and does anybody have any recommendations for essential tools that I may need.
Thanks
Nick
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Posted By: audiomechanic
Date Posted: October 18, 2004 at 5:44 PM
most of the time just I just get the general shape with cardboard or posterboard then transfer that to the MDF.
after a while you will have a ton of different curves, circles, and different shapes.
a router table is your best friend.
what tools do you have, and what kind of fabricating are you looking to get more involved in?
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Posted By: boxmaker85
Date Posted: October 18, 2004 at 8:55 PM
A table router and a jig saw. A whole shop is nice but those two make life much easier.
Posted By: naughtydog
Date Posted: October 19, 2004 at 2:10 PM
I have a router and router table and access to a table saw so I think the right tools are at my disposal. Does anybody use a profile gauge?? I cant seem to locate one
Naughty
Posted By: CarAudioHelp
Date Posted: October 20, 2004 at 9:01 AM
Harbor Freight and Sears both carry them in the US. I would guess similar shops in the UK would have them. They're called contour gauges if we're thinking of the same thing.
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