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Permalink Reply by Brian Lemin on July 4, 2009 at 2:40pm

I found this bit of "girder" in an aluminium suppliers junk box. I think it could be made from Perspex too. I like the idea of perspex as you can see through it. When I first used it I over tightened the hose clips and the drill ran hot. So beware. It is not the best gizmo I have made but it works reasonably well, and I have been glad to have it.

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Permalink Reply by Wade on July 4, 2009 at 4:42pm

Now that's CBG nation enguinuity right there!!!
Brian Lemin said:

I found this bit of "girder" in an aluminium suppliers junk box. I think it could be made from Perspex too. I like the idea of perspex as you can see through it.

When I first used it I over tightened the hose clips and the drill ran hot. So beware.

It is not the best gizmo I have made but it works reasonably well, and I have been glad to have it.

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Permalink Reply by Wade on July 4, 2009 at 4:45pm

My suggestion would be to clamp the neck in a vise, clamp a scrap piece of wood to your headstock to use as a guide for your saw.

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Permalink Reply by Sven Pfitt on July 4, 2009 at 5:57pm

Well, now that is just plain sweet! Sven
Diane said:

Another way around this, for those of us with no band saw and no table saw, is to make a dogleg neck. 1/2" stock for the main part of the neck. Attach a fingerboard on the top (1/4, 3/8, 1/2) and attach the thickness you need for your tuners to the back of the head. There is an overlap of something like an inch. This means you might have to move your nut down the fingerboard a bit, so you don't bash your hand into it when you play on fret #1 (which for me is never). You can see here my "nut" - really a zero fret - is right at the end. MIght have been better to scootch it down a bit.

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Permalink Reply by Brian Lemin on July 5, 2009 at 1:34pm

That is a really good approach, no complicated angles (easy to do if you have the gear) and I also like the Zero fret idea. It means careful placement of your tuning pins, but if they come out wrong it is easy fixed with a positioning screw. Nice head.
Sven Pfitt said:

Well, now that is just plain sweet!


Sven

Diane said:

Another way around this, for those of us with no band saw and no table saw, is to make a dogleg neck. 1/2" stock for the main part of the neck. Attach a fingerboard on the top (1/4, 3/8, 1/2) and attach the thickness you need for your tuners to the back of the head. There is an overlap of something like an inch. This means you might have to move your nut down the fingerboard a bit, so you don't bash your hand into it when you play on fret #1 (which for me is never). You can see here my "nut" - really a zero fret - is right at the end. MIght have been better to scootch it down a bit.

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Permalink Reply by Lionel Berthelon on July 5, 2009 at 1:52pm

These are my favorite hand saws so far, I dont have a band saw so when I cut my headstock I use one of my two marples pull saws. The larger has a more aggresive tooth and will require some clean up but goes like butter. The smaller is a sweet little saw and leaves a nice clean cut, I clamp my neck in a vertical position so I can saw easily. The hacksaw I put a grind and polish on to use as a spokeshave, scraper....

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Permalink Reply by Lionel Berthelon on July 5, 2009 at 2:21pm

Browse thu my photos at the headstocks of the black partagas the white arturo fuente and the guantanamera. Those are cut by those saws, I thinks its called a scarf joint, I measure 6" back from top of headstock and mark where nut will be. I measure down around 3/16th and mark, then use a 11* angle( I think) back to top. I cut that piece flip it over and glue flat side to flat side and shape.

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Permalink Reply by William Bannier on July 5, 2009 at 2:55pm

Thanks for the input and suggestions, everyone. I think right now, I'm either going to try and find someone with a bandsaw or I'm gonna have to file it down with a rasp. I messed up the first board and burned up my Dremel bit before even getting halfway through the board. It will probably end up becoming a one string diddley bow for my daughter. I got a new board today and now I have to widen my box hole by 1/16th. The new board is just that much wider and doesn't fit. Ah, well. Better that way than being smaller and having a hole that's too big.

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