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Cuting out head stocks

How do you cut out your head stocks in a one peice three string neck. I have been using my jig saw, but not geting very even cuts.....I guess I can cut and sand afterwards........on that note....food for thought...when you see a band saw at the local flea market for 10 dollars and think you would never use it, BUY IT ANyWAy! You can at least use it later on or sell it for more down the road...Come on....what is ten dollars! (Still kicking myself for missing that buy)

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Permalink Reply by Roosterman on November 18, 2009 at 10:22pm

Whats a bandsaw??

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Permalink Reply by Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates on November 19, 2009 at 12:51am

This:
Band Saw

-WY

Roosterman said:

Whats a bandsaw??

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Permalink Reply by Jerryrig240 on November 19, 2009 at 6:41am

Well I bit the bullet and just made a seperate head stock peice, a two peice type of neck. Two wood screws and washer into the neck, and it's working pretty good so far. I was giong to dry fit it all and then glue it later, but it is working so well, for now I have just left it the way it is.

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Permalink Reply by Roger Martin on November 19, 2009 at 7:11am

This is how I build my necks .2 Piece necks that are very easy to do.Then I just lay the neck on its side ,mark out what I want to cut off and get to wackin.Quick ,easy and you have your angled neck,plus stronger (I think) then a 1 piece.

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Permalink Reply by Jim Mitchell on November 19, 2009 at 11:38am

Hey there I use my table saw to cut a scarf joint then I use a router for my slotted headstocks If you are interested I can try to post pictures of the jig I use on the table saw. There are pictures on my page of the simple jigs I use for slotting and tuner placement. The tricky part is making certain that the scarf joint stays lined up. I hope it helps - Jim

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Permalink Reply by Mike Willmouth on November 19, 2009 at 4:07pm

I've been giving this some thought, why not make a template so you can just clamp your wood to the template and use a router to make all the cuts. This would be a quick way to shape a lot of necks and head stocks.

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Permalink Reply by Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates on November 20, 2009 at 1:40am

Absolutely. Masonite I suppose would work well. You'ld probably need a set of router collets or something - WY

Mike Willmouth said:

I've been giving this some thought, why not make a template so you can just clamp your wood to the template and use a router to make all the cuts. This would be a quick way to shape a lot of necks and head stocks.

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Permalink Reply by Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates on November 20, 2009 at 1:41am

Post 'em.

Jim Mitchell said:

Hey there I use my table saw to cut a scarf joint then I use a router for my slotted headstocks If you are interested I can try to post pictures of the jig I use on the table saw. There are pictures on my page of the simple jigs I use for slotting and tuner placement. The tricky part is making certain that the scarf joint stays lined up. I hope it helps - Jim

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Permalink Reply by Keith Parmer on November 20, 2009 at 4:59am

Ok, I do something like that,... Diane in Chicago said:

This is the idea, but this one was with all 3/8" stock for neck, head back and fingerboard.

Keith Parmer said:

Ben, Diane, Some pics of this process would be nice.