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Comment by Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates on March 7, 2011 at 9:10am

Just saw this and thought I would point you here

 

http://www.cigarboxnation.com/profiles/blogs/rouding-out-necks-with-a

 

A tutorial on making contoured necks with a spokeshave.

 

-WY

Comment by dg on December 15, 2010 at 11:32am

no such thing as unnecessarily strong. you can save it , its just wood. I just ruined one the other day and now I have an excuss to do what ever I want with it now, kind of takes the pressure off.

Comment by Mister Scott on December 14, 2010 at 8:02am

I suppose, but it would be unnecessarily strong.

Comment by BenBob on December 14, 2010 at 8:00am

Could you make it a 4-string?

Comment by Josh Gayou (SmokehouseGuitars) on December 14, 2010 at 7:36am

Don't go cheap when buying a router.  Seriously.  Plan on spending between $200 and $250 at least.  I have a Ryobi and I love the thing.

Comment by Mister Scott on December 14, 2010 at 4:58am

Will the rewrites reflect your router-ed process? Because I've been looking for an excuse to buy an inexpensive plunge router or trim router for these builds...

Comment by Josh Gayou (SmokehouseGuitars) on December 13, 2010 at 4:24pm

I've been using a router lately with the fret board as a template.  Here's a description targeting folks that don't own a router:

http://www.cigarboxnation.com/group/smokehouseguitars/forum/topics/...

http://www.cigarboxnation.com/group/smokehouseguitars/forum/topics/...

 

I'm currently in the process of rewriting these so I should have something much more complete with lots more pictures soon.

Comment by Mister Scott on December 13, 2010 at 2:05pm

You are always welcome to offer up advice. Question: If I put the fretboard on before carving, what steps should I take to keep from doing this again? Would carving the back before making the sides flush with the FB be a bad idea?

Comment by Josh Gayou (SmokehouseGuitars) on December 13, 2010 at 9:32am

If I can offer a bit of advice, glue the finger board on first before you start carving the back to the neck.

Comment by Mister Scott on December 13, 2010 at 9:21am

Wasn't paying attention to what I was doing, mainly. Like I said, I need to get a drawknife, i think, and carve the sides of the carefully, leaving about a 1/4" edge between the neck sides and what gets carved. Or so I've read. Above all else, I need to practice more control with the spokeshave.

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