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Permalink Reply by The Phrygian Kid on May 17, 2014 at 10:06pm

Yep..

There's quite a knack to setting em up right tho..
Fortunately we live in the days of Google, YouTube...

Enjoy

Ps believe it or not there's guys on here who round their necks off with a router!!

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Permalink Reply by jawbone on May 18, 2014 at 3:29am

I am one of those guys - but the last few I have used the rasp - I enjoy the rasp. The scream of the router is a real aggravation.

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Permalink Reply by J Lee on May 19, 2014 at 6:29pm

Outrageous!

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Permalink Reply by Wichita Sam on May 23, 2014 at 4:20am

hey kid,

 

what's wrong  with a router?  I hate the blisters I get using a spoke shave, especially on hickory necks.... they invented electricity for a reason....

 

the best,

 

Wichita (a little lazy) Sam

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Permalink Reply by jabes on May 17, 2014 at 10:41pm

a joy to use , people have said they're expensive but I don't think so, I've had mine since the 60s..

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Permalink Reply by Cause the Blue rat on May 18, 2014 at 3:03am

I used a rasp to shape my first neck. Actually it's called a sureform flat mill file. But i've always heard them called rasps. Really can see the benefits of a spoke shave. You can't sharpen a rasp. And the spoke shave is only a few bucks more than the tool I bought. Live and learn. Thanks Nation. So far this is the best place on the net to learn!

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Permalink Reply by Slowpaw Steve T on May 18, 2014 at 3:38am

There is a very satisfying therapeutic experience in shaping a neck with a correctly adjusted spokeshave, if you have time you should try it.....but remember the trick is when to STOP ! ;-)

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Permalink Reply by t-belly johnson on May 18, 2014 at 6:28am

If you trawl through the myriad of discussions you`ll fine loads of us who can`t say enough about the joys of a good spokeshave ;) Had mine a few years and love it to bits.

 

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Permalink Reply by jeff maurer on May 18, 2014 at 6:49am

I don't know what a spoke shave is. I round my necks with a utility knife and a rasp.

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Permalink Reply by t-belly johnson on May 18, 2014 at 7:30am

Jeff its just a posh utility knife ;)

 

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Permalink Reply by Gene Jones on May 18, 2014 at 1:55pm

What type of spoke shave are you guys using? did a little research and was overwhelmed at all the choices, striate, concave, convex, ect. do you get by with one tool to shape a neck or do you need a few different ones?

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on May 18, 2014 at 3:17pm

Like any endeavor where tools are concerned, you can get by with a simple straight spoke shave. But the other variants exist for a specific purpose. You may, for example, need to carve intricate new spokes for your buggy if you don't have a lathe. ;-)

Me, I use a belt sander, a rocking motion, and several passes to take off the majority of the wood on my laminated plywood necks, and use the rasp for touch-up and fine work. I can turn out a "finished" neck in about 20 minutes. Then, of course, there's the fine hand sanding to get the right feel.

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