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Old August 11th, 2007, 12:53 PM   #55 (permalink)
japasul
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Day 9 - NECK!!!!

Day 8 (the day before yesterday) was very unproductive, as I had classes all day long, but yesterday was just the opposite. This is yesterday's outcome!

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Having done the channel for the truss rod, i rough-cut the shape of the neck.



I attached the template to the wood, using a screw located at the heel of the neck. Since im using a rosewood fretboard, it wont be a problem.

I decided to start routing the straight portion of the neck.



At this point, I really regret not having built a router table. There is just too little surface for the handheld router to run on! I would never do a neck this way again, i desperately need a router table!

I routed the neck with various very light passes... The wood is just too hard...

After routing this part, i moved on to route the head of the neck.




And here is the neck contoured!




Ill go have lunch now and finish writing later! I still have a lot of photos from yesterday...

Cheers
André Ripoll
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