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Permalink Reply by Diglydog on September 3, 2014 at 7:42am

I use a Surform, shoe rasp, files, sandpaper and cabinet scrapers.

Cabinet scrapers are lovely to use and come in various shapes.  They work like a micro-plane.  You form a burr on the scraper and then .......scrape.  There's expensive tools for making the burr but you just need something harder than the scraper.  I use the edge of a punch.

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Permalink Reply by Seth Kent on September 3, 2014 at 12:50pm

Love cabinet scrapers!

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Permalink Reply by AGP # on September 4, 2014 at 9:47am

This is a 13mm Round over bit set up in my home made inverted Router Table, the round over to both sides takes less than a minute, and needs little sanding to finish, "Too Easy"

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Permalink Reply by Bluesheart on September 4, 2014 at 10:11am

Ditto what Chickenbone John says. Spokeshave and sander for me! Router is more trouble and mess that it's worth for neck shaping.

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Permalink Reply by Thomas "Duck" Petry on September 6, 2014 at 5:22am

What the Phrygian Kid said. Hand forming is a special part of the process. I guess if you are into mass producing CBGs a router would help with the assembly line, but CBGs are more of an individual thing to me and how fast I get it built doesn't really matter.

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Permalink Reply by ChickenboneJohn on September 6, 2014 at 9:24am

I make lots of guitars, sometimes ten or twelve in a week, but still the spokeshave is the quickest and best way of doing it, and preserves a degree of individuality to the finished product. To get the neck from square to profile usually takes me around five minutes at the most with a spokeshave...including having a cup of coffee while I'm working.

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Permalink Reply by Sawbones on December 18, 2014 at 6:42pm

I just want a round hole for my cone.I've busted a couple boxes and cant afford it anymore.I shape and sand everything by hand!

Lowe told me he just uses a jig saw.I would like to use my dremel for its purpose,and have a "perfect(yeah right)circle".

Thanks for the answers people.

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Permalink Reply by Primitive Acoustics on September 6, 2014 at 9:04am

Spokeshave is the coolest tool I own. I love shaping necks by hand....quiet, dust free. Rasps and files help too. I try not to get in a hurry and to enjoy the process.

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Permalink Reply by Jim Woods on September 9, 2014 at 1:47am

I have been using mostly red oak, which I find difficult to shape wait hand tools. After using a 1/2 inch ro., I recently found a 3/4 in a set from HF. Really like it.

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Permalink Reply by Sawbones on September 10, 2014 at 6:46pm

What dremel bit for a circle to drop a cone in?

I have the jig and dremel,just need to know what bit.

Thanks,

BNz'

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Permalink Reply by Bluesheart on December 19, 2014 at 10:31am

I'm with the Kid and Tom and Chickenbone John on this one. Since I ditched my router and got a spokeshave, my neck shaping has become a very enjoyable process, not to mention one that I can do while the wife is sleeping 'cause it is so quiet. Seeing those beautiful shavings pile up is a very "Old World" kind of experience and will be even more so as soon as I build a "shaving bench". I also save all the nice curly shavings for other projects like home-made potpourri or whatever. Routers are great for a lot of things but neck shaping is not one of them IMHO. 

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Permalink Reply by Bluesheart on December 19, 2014 at 10:34am

And I see I already had replied to this before, so you can see I love my spokeshave!

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