Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2015 15:21:33 GMT -6
I do mine 1 of two ways. Sometimes I (I am one that does this) glue on the fret board that had already been cut to the angle that I want for the neck, then I use my router to get the sides of the neck down to the taper of the fret board.
But I don't do that as much when doing a neck through. I will take some really straight boards like maple and use two sided tape and fix them on to the neck where I need them, then router the sides of the neck. I will do this a little bit bigger than where it will end up to. After the fret board is glued on, I then will start some of the shaping of the neck and bring the sides down to where I need them.
I then will glue on the wings ( don't forget to make a rout for wires before you glue on the bottom wing.) LOL! I did that once. Not fun to cut the wing off and make the rout and reglue. HA!
But I know everyone has their ways of doing stuff. You have to find what works for you. Guess If I were making the same guitar over and over I would make me some jigs. But like Dane said you will end up with a lot of different ones.
When I make custom guitars for a customer, I have found they want their necks to feel the way they want them to feel. So I shy away from templates and jigs as far as necks go. But shaping necks is what I like a lot. I take a lot of time in shaping neck by hand. I use a lot of sand paper and use my spoke shave, and surf form file a lot during the shaping. So I'm not in a hurry to get my necks done.
One neck through I did on a custom build for someone took me 3 weeks to carve it. It was called "The Rose" I used rose wood and maple to make that guitar. The rosewood was really hard and had some oil in it that would plug up sand paper like crazy. It took 3 band saw blades to get the neck and body cut. It was a really hard build. Remember Dane that the build that almost took my fingers.
Well, again, over time you will find what works for you. Be safe, don't get over confident. Remember tools don't think. We do. Although tools sometimes seen to have a mind of their own. HA!
Dane tough me this, always think 2 to 3 steps ahead and take your time.
Have fun with building guitars. If it's not fun then why do it?
EB
But I don't do that as much when doing a neck through. I will take some really straight boards like maple and use two sided tape and fix them on to the neck where I need them, then router the sides of the neck. I will do this a little bit bigger than where it will end up to. After the fret board is glued on, I then will start some of the shaping of the neck and bring the sides down to where I need them.
I then will glue on the wings ( don't forget to make a rout for wires before you glue on the bottom wing.) LOL! I did that once. Not fun to cut the wing off and make the rout and reglue. HA!
But I know everyone has their ways of doing stuff. You have to find what works for you. Guess If I were making the same guitar over and over I would make me some jigs. But like Dane said you will end up with a lot of different ones.
When I make custom guitars for a customer, I have found they want their necks to feel the way they want them to feel. So I shy away from templates and jigs as far as necks go. But shaping necks is what I like a lot. I take a lot of time in shaping neck by hand. I use a lot of sand paper and use my spoke shave, and surf form file a lot during the shaping. So I'm not in a hurry to get my necks done.
One neck through I did on a custom build for someone took me 3 weeks to carve it. It was called "The Rose" I used rose wood and maple to make that guitar. The rosewood was really hard and had some oil in it that would plug up sand paper like crazy. It took 3 band saw blades to get the neck and body cut. It was a really hard build. Remember Dane that the build that almost took my fingers.
Well, again, over time you will find what works for you. Be safe, don't get over confident. Remember tools don't think. We do. Although tools sometimes seen to have a mind of their own. HA!
Dane tough me this, always think 2 to 3 steps ahead and take your time.
Have fun with building guitars. If it's not fun then why do it?
EB