Coming at this from a cabinetry background, it's fun to do this kind of thing by hand. I'm used to cutting full sheets of 3/4" plywood into parts, running a few dadoes and rabbets, and biscuit joining them together. I've owned chisels and planes for years, but rarely if ever used them. I'm gonna cut the fretboard to fit, then get back on sanding this neck later today - gonna take it down to 320, then 400, then finish up with 600 to get as smooth a neck as I can without getting silly. I mean I have 1000 and 2000, but is that really necessary on an oak necked 3-string slider?
I used a router to hog out the middle of the neck, but I did the heel and the neck/head stock transition with chisels, files, and sandpaper. I sanded the back of the neck with my DA sander, but everything else was by hand. I got it down to 220 grit and quit for the day. Gotta get some first aid tape for my fingertips before I do any more hand sanding. I think I sanded my fingerprints off...
Ya it sure takes a lot of sanding even with a belt sander to shape the roundness and the heal is hard to get just right. I've got to try a routed rounder some time.
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Cool - then I can stop where I am. I made it to 320 and got off on another tangent. My attention span isn't what it used to potato...
I think you've left slivers behind at 220....
Coming at this from a cabinetry background, it's fun to do this kind of thing by hand. I'm used to cutting full sheets of 3/4" plywood into parts, running a few dadoes and rabbets, and biscuit joining them together. I've owned chisels and planes for years, but rarely if ever used them. I'm gonna cut the fretboard to fit, then get back on sanding this neck later today - gonna take it down to 320, then 400, then finish up with 600 to get as smooth a neck as I can without getting silly. I mean I have 1000 and 2000, but is that really necessary on an oak necked 3-string slider?
I get my nails. A momentary brush with the belt and you got a hole mister. I'm a potter, so I don't have finger prints or guitar fingers.
I used a router to hog out the middle of the neck, but I did the heel and the neck/head stock transition with chisels, files, and sandpaper. I sanded the back of the neck with my DA sander, but everything else was by hand. I got it down to 220 grit and quit for the day. Gotta get some first aid tape for my fingertips before I do any more hand sanding. I think I sanded my fingerprints off...
Ya it sure takes a lot of sanding even with a belt sander to shape the roundness and the heal is hard to get just right. I've got to try a routed rounder some time.