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Permalink Reply by The Phrygian Kid on October 18, 2014 at 4:35pm

Have you thought about how your tuners will mount?
Will they be perpendicular to the front face or the rear face?

Gibson only bandsaw angle into their heads too (well in most models at any rate..) but they keep the two faces of the head parallel to each other. I suspect you'll soon see why :)

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Permalink Reply by Christopher Lee dixon on October 18, 2014 at 4:55pm

I just hate to scrap this neck and start over...but Its probably going to happen...lol

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Permalink Reply by Jim_N on October 18, 2014 at 5:36pm

Add a piece to the bottom of the headstock?

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Permalink Reply by Titch the Clown on October 18, 2014 at 5:55pm

Standard operating procedure for me. Head thickness is governed by tuner length, which varies more than I thought it would.

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Permalink Reply by The Phrygian Kid on October 18, 2014 at 6:25pm

Bet there's a piece just like this red triangle on the shop floor eh :)

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Permalink Reply by Christopher Lee dixon on October 19, 2014 at 4:53am

I've got some left over wood so I'm going to do a scarf joint on this neck....will post pics when its done

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Permalink Reply by Christopher Lee dixon on October 19, 2014 at 2:12pm

here is the scarf joint so far....not bad for my first one...lol

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Permalink Reply by Jim_N on October 19, 2014 at 5:30am

PK > Are you kidding? After attempting to make your famous 'body scarf joint' by hand, there's a bunch of red triangles on my floor!  :D

(Worked out brilliantly; thanks, mate! I have need for a lot of shims in my life! ; )

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Permalink Reply by Mark on October 24, 2014 at 8:15am

What you are experiencing with your bandsaw is known as "drift". Everything about the saw will affect drift. Get yourself a book or look up on line about how to tune your saw for the best preformance. Blade could be too narrow, guideblocks not set properly, and certainly feed rate, etc.etc. 

d And even after you tune it up ....you may still see some drift.......watch where it is going ....and go with it.

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