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weslewis

Post subject: Re: Precarved Neck Supplier

Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2014 3:17 pm

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nkwak

Post subject: Re: Precarved Neck Supplier

Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 7:01 pm

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First name: Neil
Last Name: Kwak
State: PA
Country: United States
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur

Goodin wrote:

LMI and StewMac sells carved necks. Carving necks is not as difficult as it seems though. It is my favorite part of the build, since I'm really working the wood with hand tools (well, after band sawing the rough shape), and get to watch a block of wood turn into a neck. All you need is a few high quality rasps and chisel for the heel, and a small drawknife and spoke shave for the neck. Draw out facet lines and just cut to the line. Then draw a few more facet lines and cut to the line, then finish with sandpaper. Cumpiano has great illustrations on how to do it. The fretboard plane should already be flat from the initial milling, but if not a few licks on a sanding board will take care of it.

As a newbie I must agree that I found this step to be one of the most rewarding parts of the build. I did not have high quality tools though so the results were a bit rough in comparison to yours:

I even had my own QA/stress tester:

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Mike OMelia

Post subject: Re: Precarved Neck Supplier

Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 10:01 pm

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Joined: Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:12 pm
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First name: Mike
Last Name: O'Melia
City: Huntsville
State: Alabama
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Thank you all. Such a wealth of info. I'll be reviewing this for a while!

Mike

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