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Permalink Reply by Bad Finger (Eric) on November 6, 2013 at 4:24am

Remember that you need a fairly large hand plane for head stock size pieces.  In order to avoid scooping down at the ends of the piece, the flat of the plane will have to ride across the piece all the way through the cut, from end to end.  If you have a small plane you will end up with two halves that are beautiful mirror images of each other, but will not join when glued.

Yes, I learned this the hard way.  I have a newer small plane and a lovely old mid-size one that was my grandfather's.  For some reason, I picked the small one without thinking and generated more than twice the work to do the piece.

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Permalink Reply by Piht Bull (Delta Dawg Guitars) on November 4, 2013 at 5:35am

everyone pretty much said what i was going to say so ill tell you how i do it . i glued a sanding belt 120grit to a 2x4 . dont use and downward pressure let the sand paper do its job . once it moves smooth and freely check your stock with a flat edge . I refuse to buy power tools too . although i am debating on a dremel for carving bridges .

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Permalink Reply by Clarky on November 6, 2013 at 3:17am

Thanks, good tip about not using too much pressure, the only thing I remember from doing woodwork at school was always tips like that and "let the saw do the work" type stuff, and it's true.

I caved in and bought a Dremel a few months ago for intricate work like smoothing the rough bits from frets and gouging out enough room under a bolt to fit a rod piezo in.  Removing rough bits from frets with a file was getting tedious.

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