Okay, after failing to pull of a crisp scarf joint with either:
hand saw
table saw
band saw
by slicing the neck stock at an angle, flipping over the cut piece and gluing the two back together. I can just never get a perfect cut, and even after sanding it is never quite like Jim Frets makes it look in that video. (But it might help if I made that little jig thingy like Jim . . .)
So I'm taking a different swing at it by gluing the parts together first, and then slicing on the bandsaw and cleaning it up on the sander. I drew a picture of how it goes for anyone else hitting their heads against the wall with this (seemingly) simple task.
I'll post a photo of the finished neck soon. Providing it is not a train wreck.
(and I will make that jig thingy - someday)
I just tried this method at the shop tonight, using the chop saw. We were able to fix the support block to the fence with a screw driven through the holes in the fence. The block has now been clearly labeled and put on the shelf with the other jigs, so we don't have to re-invent the wheel every time. Ah, the challenges of working in a community woodshop!
Next time I have it set up, I will take a photo. Works great, plus there was a brand new blade on the saw. No sanding necessary!
John Rivers > Diane in ChicagoMay 20, 2013 at 10:45pm
I do mine with a skil saw....I have a old little table that has 2" x4" nailed in for the top...there is about a 1/2" space in between the 2" x4". So I laid the wood on the table that I wanted to cut, at the angle I wanted to cut it over the 1/2" space, .then I hammered in some blocks of wood to hold the wood I wanted to cut, at that angle. :Then I just run the skil saw over it so the blade goes thru the space between the 2" x 4"...comes up with a perfect cut every time.....got lucky on that idea
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survey says . . . . . 15 degrees!
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That's a nice method Jarmo.
I'm going to try the next ones on a chop saw. The one I have access to is a beauty.
Here's a thread on a bass-builder's forum talking about this same thing:
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=501205
Craig Cox said:
I just tried this method at the shop tonight, using the chop saw. We were able to fix the support block to the fence with a screw driven through the holes in the fence. The block has now been clearly labeled and put on the shelf with the other jigs, so we don't have to re-invent the wheel every time. Ah, the challenges of working in a community woodshop!
Next time I have it set up, I will take a photo. Works great, plus there was a brand new blade on the saw. No sanding necessary!
I do mine with a skil saw....I have a old little table that has 2" x4" nailed in for the top...there is about a 1/2" space in between the 2" x4". So I laid the wood on the table that I wanted to cut, at the angle I wanted to cut it over the 1/2" space, .then I hammered in some blocks of wood to hold the wood I wanted to cut, at that angle. :Then I just run the skil saw over it so the blade goes thru the space between the 2" x 4"...comes up with a perfect cut every time.....got lucky on that idea
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