no such thing as unnecessarily strong. you can save it , its just wood. I just ruined one the other day and now I have an excuss to do what ever I want with it now, kind of takes the pressure off.
Will the rewrites reflect your router-ed process? Because I've been looking for an excuse to buy an inexpensive plunge router or trim router for these builds...
You are always welcome to offer up advice. Question: If I put the fretboard on before carving, what steps should I take to keep from doing this again? Would carving the back before making the sides flush with the FB be a bad idea?
Wasn't paying attention to what I was doing, mainly. Like I said, I need to get a drawknife, i think, and carve the sides of the carefully, leaving about a 1/4" edge between the neck sides and what gets carved. Or so I've read. Above all else, I need to practice more control with the spokeshave.
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Just saw this and thought I would point you here
http://www.cigarboxnation.com/profiles/blogs/rouding-out-necks-with-a
A tutorial on making contoured necks with a spokeshave.
-WY
no such thing as unnecessarily strong. you can save it , its just wood. I just ruined one the other day and now I have an excuss to do what ever I want with it now, kind of takes the pressure off.
I suppose, but it would be unnecessarily strong.
Could you make it a 4-string?
Don't go cheap when buying a router. Seriously. Plan on spending between $200 and $250 at least. I have a Ryobi and I love the thing.
Will the rewrites reflect your router-ed process? Because I've been looking for an excuse to buy an inexpensive plunge router or trim router for these builds...
I've been using a router lately with the fret board as a template. Here's a description targeting folks that don't own a router:
http://www.cigarboxnation.com/group/smokehouseguitars/forum/topics/...
http://www.cigarboxnation.com/group/smokehouseguitars/forum/topics/...
I'm currently in the process of rewriting these so I should have something much more complete with lots more pictures soon.
You are always welcome to offer up advice. Question: If I put the fretboard on before carving, what steps should I take to keep from doing this again? Would carving the back before making the sides flush with the FB be a bad idea?
If I can offer a bit of advice, glue the finger board on first before you start carving the back to the neck.
Wasn't paying attention to what I was doing, mainly. Like I said, I need to get a drawknife, i think, and carve the sides of the carefully, leaving about a 1/4" edge between the neck sides and what gets carved. Or so I've read. Above all else, I need to practice more control with the spokeshave.
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