I was attempting to cut my cigar box neck last nite on a borrowed band saw and it would not cut straight. I guess the blade was dull or the saw needed some adjustments. Anyway from the nut to the end of the headstock is tapered toward the tip of the headstock. After looking at it for a while I realized that this might be something new because now it had the same effect as a scarf joint....This mistake may end up being a discovery. I just got to sand it smooth. The only issue I see is maybe the tuners may need to be closer to the nut to get the proper thickness. I ended up buying the Craftsman bandsaw and a Craftsman 6 1/8 planner for 100.00..lol
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What you are experiencing with your bandsaw is known as "drift". Everything about the saw will affect drift. Get yourself a book or look up on line about how to tune your saw for the best preformance. Blade could be too narrow, guideblocks not set properly, and certainly feed rate, etc.etc.
d And even after you tune it up ....you may still see some drift.......watch where it is going ....and go with it.
PK > Are you kidding? After attempting to make your famous 'body scarf joint' by hand, there's a bunch of red triangles on my floor! :D
(Worked out brilliantly; thanks, mate! I have need for a lot of shims in my life! ; )
I've got some left over wood so I'm going to do a scarf joint on this neck....will post pics when its done
here is the scarf joint so far....not bad for my first one...lol
Standard operating procedure for me. Head thickness is governed by tuner length, which varies more than I thought it would.
Will they be perpendicular to the front face or the rear face?
Gibson only bandsaw angle into their heads too (well in most models at any rate..) but they keep the two faces of the head parallel to each other. I suspect you'll soon see why :)
I just hate to scrap this neck and start over...but Its probably going to happen...lol