We have just discovered some back inventory of the heralded laser-cut acrylic templates and our steel peghole-drilling guides from Siminoff Banjo and Mandolin Parts (an instrument parts company we founded in 1965 and closed in 2015 after 50 years of operation).
The Templates are precision laser-cut to the exact shapes and sizes of the parts they represent. Templates include: F5, F4, A1, A5, and H5 peghead templates, body templates, f-hole templates, neck profile (side-view) templates, neck contours and shapes templates, scroll peak templates, string-slotting guide for bridges and nuts, and a string-break-angle gauge. Our acrylic templates are vibrant green to help find them in a busy shop. While they last. (See additional notes below.)
Our Peghole Drill Guides are CNC'd from 1/4˝ steel plate so you can clamp them to the peghead and drill right through them for precise alignment of the posts. Post holes are c/c: 29/32˝ (.905˝, 23mm). Includes instructions.
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General purpose templates:
#368 String-break angle template, acrylic
#369 String slotting guide (F5, F4, A1, A5, H5)
F5 mandolin:
#200 F5 Peghole-drilling guide, 1/4˝ steel
#370-SET F5 Template Set, 5 pcs: body (soundboard), peghead, neck contours, neck profile, scroll peak (to re-draw scroll peak during shaping and sanding)
#370 F5 body (soundboard) template
#370-F F5 f-hole templates (2 pcs), acrylic
#370-N F5/A5 neck contours template, acrylic
#370-NP A5/F5 neck profile template, acrylic
#370-P F5 peghead profile template, acrylic
#370-S F5/F4 scroll peak template, acrylic
A5 mandolin:
#371-F A5 f-hole templates (2 pcs), acrylic
#370-N F5/A5 neck contours template, acrylic
#371-P A5 peghead profile template, acrylic
F4 mandolin:
#205 F4 Peghole-drilling guide, 1/4˝ steel
#370-S F5/F4 scroll peak template, acrylic
A1 mandolin:
#374-P A1 peghead profile template, acrylic
H5 mandola:
#373-F H5 f-hole templates (2 pcs), acrylic
#373-N H5 neck contours template, acrylic
#373-NP H5 neck profile template, acrylic
#373-P H5 peghead profile template, acrylic
#373-S H5 scroll peak template, acrylic
Banjo:
#290 Double-cut banjo peghead template, acrylic
#291 Fiddle-cut banjo peghead template, acrylic
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NOTES:
• #368 string-break angle template features four angles: 14°, 15°, 16°, and 17° (NOTE: 17° is an excessive string-break angle, but is included to determine excessive angles).
• #370-S and #373-S scroll-peak templates fit flush to the outside edge of the instrument so you can redraw the scroll's peak during subsequent sanding and shaping of the soundboard and backboard.
• #370-N F5/A5 and #373-N H5 neck contours templates feature five full shapes of the neck at five fret locations, and five half-shapes at the same locations to assist in shaping the final contour as you are arriving the final neck width.
• #200 and #201 steel drill guides align at the nut and at the peghead's point for precise alignment and drilling of pegholes in the peghead. CNC-machined from, 1/4˝ steel. Instructions included.
• #371-P A5 Peghead profile template is the modified version shown in our ProSeries A5 Drawings. A drawing of the original A5 mandolin made for Wm. Griffith is included with the template.
• The U.S. Post Office offers special "Media Mail" rates for books. Since our templates are not "media" they cannot be shipped with books at Media Mail rates. If you purchase books and/or drawings AND templates to be shipped together, please select a shipping option other than Media Mail.
• For your reference, our part numbers refer to: #370=F5, #371=A5, #372=F4, #373=H5, #374=A1