neck shaping

Shaped 6 necks today. I shape them using a spoke shave followed by sandpaper. On the rare occasion I use hand tools, it makes me realize how quiet and dustless woodshops were before electricity. I assume they were pretty quiet and relaxing, instead of piles of dust on the floor and dust in the air, it was a floor covered in wood shavings and the only sounds were mallets tapping on chisels and the scraping sound of hand planes.
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  • The spoke shave seems to work fast for me, I seem to have better control with it and it cuts so cleans and smooth. I go directly from the spoke shave to 100 or 120 grit on a disc sander. The hand sand starting with 150 thru 220. The hand sanding is very minimal and fast. I did those six necks and about 2.5 hours.
  • Good looking neck Ron! Clean lines! Great Job!!!... I've been wanting to try shaping w/ a spokeshave,  been using a rasp and block plane. I think it's time to add to my (limited) tool collection.

  • Good looking neck Ron! Clean lines! Great Job!!!... I've been wanting to try shaping w/ a spokeshave,  been using a rasp and block plane. I think it's time to add to my (limited) tool collection.

  • Old school does have its advantages for sure Ron! Looking good!!! 

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