I was band sawing the headstock on one of 4 necks I had laminated up and didn't check my saw before I got started, because it was working fine the last time I used it. Of coarse it probably was something 3/4" thick. Now I am doing 5" re-saw for this headstock. Long story short by the time I belt sand the lowest saw mark out where the headstock meets neck is about 1/4" thick. I hate to just whack the head off and glue a slab on. The head is walnut and persimmon. Has anybody out there know any way to save this. I feel this too weak to be a 3 stringer, much less the 4 I had it laid out for. Somebody rescue a ding-a-ling., I know nobody has done this, but I am sure you have thought about it. (;- ( )
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Bama,what happens if you just reduce your intended scale length enough to gain the thickness you want?hope this makes sense to ya
sorry,can that,didn't realise you'd glued it,maybe you could shape and sand a nice fillet to bolster it,like a web going from neck thickness tapering to a rounded point
I'd say just consider this a learning experience and a source for scrap wood. In the bow making world, we say if you ain't breaking them, you ain't making them. This applies to many pursuits.
I was tired and aggravated when I made this post. Until Ron mentioned it, I didn't realize that I hadn't put what my concern was. My concern was that the area where neck turns into head was so thin it would break or flex making it a bear to keep in tune. I make my laminate layups 30' that way I have a piece that grain matches for the piece that goes on bottom of neck next to box as I use hanger bolt and fender washer to mount to box.
I have slept on it and I am going to take the piece that was the off fall from the original cut and see if I can beltsand it flat enough to get a good glue surface, then rotate the piece 180 degrees,to compensate for the taper in the piece. Kind of like your Grandpa said Wayfinder., except the mating piece is already waiting for me in the trash.. Then going with a piece of made to fit inside corner molding like I understand Wayfinder is talking about. P.S. The other necks came out O.K. I usually glue them up 2 at a time.
Well the results are in and I will let you pick the boo boo rework. They still got more to do but , I am happy with what is done so far. This is when it starts to get scary, lot of time invested and I was sick thinking I had messed up that persimmon, I have had it for years waiting for the right thing to use it on and I can't think of anythin I would rather use it on than a LPG..If some of you folks recognize some of your headstock patterns in the display don't blame me, Uker told you to post pix of your favorite baby on here and you did it. Remember what is the most sincere form of flattery. I haven't had one original thought since May of '87 (;-)) thanks to all.
Ding...Ding... Ding... We have a winner, would Ron "Oily" Sprague please step to the stage. The cash and prizes will be awarded to you at a later date. We have a government run committee working on exactly what they are,but we will get back to you.
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