DIY Pickguard

[KRamone27]

Tres Bien ludobag

[MissionBrown]

Hey Ludobag,

Thanks for the tips!
I don't have a proper router setup, just a Dremel with the Router and Table attachments.
But it should do the job.

Just waiting for a weekend with good weather (I have to work outside).

[ludobag]

good idea cause plastic is worst than chips ,i have again fine chips of plastic in my garage even if i have clean him after it is like confettis
you find them allways hiden

[olrocknroller]

Nice job! I've always thought emplates are not that useful to me because I never seem to build the same thing twice... I think even for a one-off though, it probably ensures a better finished product. I will give it a shot and see if it doesn't end up being less work than making a pickguard by hand...

[ludobag]

templating is the longer job but if you do a master in mdf 3 mm it is really fast ,then you can copy it on mdf more thick like 10 mm or 25 mm
and you have a working template at right size ready to the job
like that ten minutes to cut it rought after you work on the 3 mm to have good size, clean curve, ect.. 30 mn in fact cause with 80 grit it is very fast and after you copy it in the 10 mm and you have a nice template ready to work with straight edge

if you go from scracth it will be more long and the risk of error is bigger
template in mdf have short live if you want more longer life they need to be in plexiglass or aluminium or steel (but it is a very long work )
the only way to have always a good template is not using the master for work but copy

[MissionBrown]

Nice job! I've always thought templates are not that useful to me because I never seem to build the same thing twice... I think even for a one-off though, it probably ensures a better finished product. I will give it a shot and see if it doesn't end up being less work than making a pickguard by hand...

I made my templates purely because I wanted to see if the design was something that I could live with, before I wasted money on chopping up a piece of guard.

Blank pick guard material needs to be sourced from USA or elsewhere, so it costs postage and time.