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Scott V · July 29th, 2007, 01:39 PM

Very impressive indeed, thanks for sharing this project.

Captain HiTop · July 29th, 2007, 01:45 PM

Upside : Amazing threads like this have me stopping by TDPRI on a daily basis.
Downside : Your disclaimer is no longer valid Jack.

Great work , love it

Cheers,

ch

jwells393 · July 29th, 2007, 02:04 PM

Thanks guys.

Quote:

Could you give some ideas of the rest of the materials you used for the truss rod?

Well, as I showed above, the anchor was made from 1/2 in. steel rod threaded with a 10-32 tap. The rod itself is 3/16 in. steel rod threaded with a 10-32 die. These rods are available from Lowes, Home Depot and many neighborhood hardware stores. The truss rod nut is this one from StewMac.

http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Truss_ro...s_Rod_Nut.html

......

Almost forgot about this. This is a great tool for neck shaping ........ part of a set I bought from Grizzly. It's good to get the burnishing tool from StewMac so you can keep a good edge on it.

......

japasul · July 29th, 2007, 10:46 PM

GREAT STUFF!!!

i was just about to take some pics of my own neck making.... Anyways, i just bought a router this week, so im not used to using it yet....

Either way, ill make a go-along pic-torial as i go...

thanks for sharing!

jwells393 · July 30th, 2007, 06:44 PM

I mentioned earlier in this thread that I was also building a vintage style neck (truss rod adjustment at the heel). That one has been on a back burner since I was unable to find a suitable anchor for the truss rod. The anchor mounted on the truss rod has to fit through the 3/8 in. hole in the headstock and lock into the wood somehow.

I was unsuccessful after contacting StewMac Customer Service. I was basicly told "Don't have them. Don't know where to get them". Warmoth sells a vintage truss rod but not just the anchor. I went so far as to contact Melvyn Hiscock inquiring about the one pictured in his book. He wasn't able to help much. Said "they" had had several made up special several years ago.

Yesterday as I was browsing around the special parts drawers at my local Lowes, I may have found my anchor. It's a 6-32 knurled nut. I bought a package of two ($1.05). When I got back to Jack Ranch I drilled and tapped it 10-32. The knurled part does fit through the 3/8 in. hole.

......

I decided to do a little test with a small block of hard maple. Here I've drilled a 11/32 in. hole followed by a smaller 1/4 in. hole into the end grain.

......

A few taps with a dowel and a hammer and the knurled part is driven into the maple.

......

Here's the block after removing the rod. Looks like it just might work.

......

Superc_1 · October 22nd, 2007, 04:38 PM

First off great thread and I wish I had see this before yesturday, but thats usually the story of my life. My question is what radius did you use when cutting the neck jig for the router to run along? I've read the whole thread but did not see that radius mentioned. I tried using one of them plastic bushings on my router like telex showed but it melted at the end so its back to the drawing board. I did get a lot of practice in, but I will not be able to use the neck. Thanks in advance.

jwells393 · October 22nd, 2007, 05:06 PM

I discussed in the first post that I used the Stratocaster neck blueprint found in the Duchossoir Strat book. I didn't go into specifics because it's a little more complicated than a single radius. Probably best understood if you take a look at the following:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...kBlueprint.jpg

If you build a jig like I show in the first post it would be a good idea to practice on 2x4s and take measurements of the channel depth at the ends and at the high point before starting on a neck blank. Actually making a neck out of a 2x4 would be good to work out the various steps.

I hope to get back to finishing these necks and this thread in a couple of weeks. Hopefully I can show something not seen in recent neck building threads.

milkshape · October 24th, 2007, 10:52 PM

Hey Jack,
Kinda off topic for this thread but you mentioned you were making a mini neck for a mini tele, I am in the midst of the same. Was wondering how you went about your mini tele body templates?
Would love to see the mini neck build.

Thanks for showing an alternate neck method.

jwells393 · October 24th, 2007, 11:44 PM

Mini-Tele Body Template:
Let's see if I can explain this. I took a Jpeg scan of the Telecaster blueprint found in the Duchossior book. This was before the Terry Downs drawing. I cropped the picture so the cropped image outlined the body. The picture was then resized so the length is 14 1/2 in. I printed this image actual size in two pieces since I can only print 8 1/2 x 11. I taped the two pieces together and glued them to 1/4 in. MDF then cut and sanded to the line................ the neck pocket area was modified to allow for a standard sized neck pocket.

This body will be used with a 22 3/4 scale neck as found on the Squier Mini-Stats. Location of pickup cavities and control plate cavity will be worked out with the neck in the pocket.

......

milkshape · October 25th, 2007, 08:57 PM

Thanks , I did about the same thing for the print to be placed on the template using the excellent tdowns pdf. Used the snapshot tool in acrobat to copy it to the clipboard and then import into paintbrush, played around with size until it was about the same size as the mini strat body I have. I also noticed that the lower bouts of the strat and tele are very close but the horn seems to be off quite a bit. I thought it was strange the mini necks heel was standard size. I have yet to add this to my drawing. Couple more questions:
Are you going to transfer the 1/4 to a 3/4 template when you cut the body?
I imagine the bridge will determine the location of the bridge pickup rout, but for the neck pickup are you just gonna
- wing it?
- use the dimension from the neck pickup on one of your mini strats?
- use a ratio based on the location and scale length of a full size tele?

would love to see pics of the mini neck.

thanks again for the detailed info.

jwells393 · October 25th, 2007, 09:44 PM

I've already cut my body. I used the template above to make a plexiglas template. I actually didn't do as I say. Somehow my template turned out to be 13 3/4 in. long. It's been a long time since I made it and I don't really remember the criteria I was using at the time. I've laid it out with a vintage style bridge and it looks like the bridge may be set back a bit toward the butt end. I measured a Mini-Strat and saw that the centerline length was 14 1/2 in.

I'll probably just use what looks right visually when determining location for the neck pickup. Since the Mini neck only has 20 frets, using a ratio based on a full sized Tele might place it too far from the neck to look right.

Here's my Mini-Tele neck alongside a Mini-Strat neck with reshaped headstock. I'll be using it for a mini-hybrid project. The maple board neck still needs frets, nut, final shaping and finish.

......

Here's the body with the bridge plate in the required location. It doesn't look right to me so I may start over with a larger body. I'm thinking the size of this pine scrap may have determined the length I made it.

......

milkshape · October 25th, 2007, 10:48 PM

thanks again jack, neck looks fantastic, I think you're right the bridge does look a little far back. Maybe it's just the size of the bridge?

boris bubbanov · October 26th, 2007, 12:59 AM

Wonderful thread, Jack. Thanks so much for your contribution.

I'm already devising a way to mount my portable 3" belt sander so I can imitate what you've done with that cool Ridgid tool, to put a little taper on the boatnecks I'll be getting from Warmoth. After a wee bit of work with the lil plane.

Yeah, the quarter sheet random motion sander is a real workhorse for me.

Love the way you just wade in there and get the job done. When ya got tools ya gotta use 'em.

Bubbanov

tdowns · October 26th, 2007, 01:09 AM

Jack,
You are such a baddd dude!!!!

Thanks for sharing. With much respect....

TD

jwells393 · October 26th, 2007, 09:58 AM

Quote:

Love the way you just wade in there and get the job done.

Well ................ I sure haven't been getting the job done recently. Looking at my posts, I see I haven't worked on these necks since July. Maybe in a couple of weeks I'll get started again.

Goluphi · February 11th, 2008, 05:01 PM

Wow, nice work.

BillyG · February 11th, 2008, 07:09 PM

MacGyver has got nothing on you. I'm very impressed.

anyone · April 12th, 2008, 01:01 AM

Hey Jack,

Thanks for taking the time to put this up. Very educational and inspirational!
I've really enjoyed all your other build threads too.
Much appreciation, man!

Chris

Rob DiStefano · April 12th, 2008, 07:30 AM

Jack, you da man! Makes me *THINK* about getting back to scratch building .... NOT!!!

PeterUK · April 12th, 2008, 07:47 AM

I'm loving this post!

Peter

ptfreak · April 12th, 2008, 08:58 AM

Good stuff man!

J

bluesjuke · April 12th, 2008, 11:13 AM

Looks like a good choice.
Good work there Jack!

fletch · July 20th, 2008, 10:41 PM

So Jack, did you fret these necks yet ?

wikur · July 21st, 2008, 04:16 AM

Thanks for a superb thread!
Very interesting and great pics.
Thanks for sharing!
Cheers,Wikur!

Telenator · July 21st, 2008, 07:34 AM

Jack I love your build threads!

I had posted some photos of my builds but nowhere near the detail you show. I'm a photographer by trade and I just don't like using a camera when I'm not working I guess. Anyway, nice job and thank you for sharing!

jwells393 · July 21st, 2008, 11:36 AM

.....Now this is embarrassing. I haven't worked on this project since July ............ of last year. Hopefully I'm embarrassed enough to get back on it.

BAW4742 · July 21st, 2008, 11:47 AM

These things take time.

dougk · July 21st, 2008, 12:20 PM

I have to say that this:

is absolutely brilliant.

Oh and I will steal this idea from you eventually LOL

jwells393 · July 21st, 2008, 01:56 PM

I ordered a couple of vintage style truss rods from Warmoth. At $10 each it's hardly worth making your own. You get the rod with attached anchor, truss rod nut and plastic sleeve. If you order one of these make sure you specify the vintage style nut. They initially sent me the wrong one. They did however replace it at no charge.

......

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HiggyDude · July 21st, 2008, 02:32 PM

Great work and great presentation. Very detailed and well supported by the picures.

BTW - after reading many of your posts I finally bought one of the Rigid belt/spindle sanding machines you rave about - your raving was spot on - it is a great tool for the shop!.

Keep it coming.

tzen · August 24th, 2008, 05:15 AM

How wonderfull the world is full of people like you lot here thanks I'm on to it,being a Newbie this gives me ummmpf correct to go under down under
Thanks to jwells wonderfull article
PS: I WILL turn the flash of hmm
Tzen in Oz

tzen · August 24th, 2008, 05:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by japasul

GREAT STUFF!!!

i was just about to take some pics of my own neck making.... Anyways, i just bought a router this week, so im not used to using it yet....

Either way, ill make a go-along pic-torial as i go...

thanks for sharing!

japasul thank you so much for all the posts, I follow them intensely,you are a genius, such great result with the limited sources. I aspire to do what you have done, here in OZ we would say " good on ya mate "
tzen

Mightyaxeman · August 24th, 2008, 11:41 AM

Great thread.

A good source for long drill bits is an alarm systems distributer. Installers use them to drill through door and window frames and can be found in various sizes.

bluesjuke · August 24th, 2008, 05:53 PM

When I did that we used bits up to 6' long.
You can usually find them in a well stocked Electrical Supply House too.

sebastian747 · August 24th, 2008, 06:11 PM

Have read this great thread on building one piece necks i could not help but wish it had been done years ago...shame that jwells393 has not finished it off.
Anyway having built a number of one piece necks I thought it maybe cool to throw in a few little things i discovered during my own process of learning how to do it. First off I also use a Stew Mac fret slotting jig just like jwells, but because i build one piece strat and bass necks i have adapted mine to cope with the peg head getting in the way not an issue with with the radial saw i know but for those without...by cutting of the rear left side of the jig you can slot right up to the nut even with a bass neckLibrary - 2178.jpg...if you keep the piece you cut off you can still bolt it back on using the small allen nuts.Library - 2177.jpg
Also if you wanna make life easy when it comes to carving the rear of the neck get a "flapper" which is a round sanding disk that goes on a small grinder...it gets rid of most of unwanted material really fast u can then finish off by hand...far less elbow grease, basic shaping takes 5 mins....to get the correct final shape i use a two pack filler and cling-film moulds. You can take the moulds at say 5 points from a real neck....I think u guys could use "Bondo" as well, its just a matter of checking the shape against the moulds...i found surforms and spoke shavers a total pain in the neck to coin a phrase...if you use a flapper practice first it is a skill to get good at you can wipe a neck out if you're not careful. ill add some pix of me building a one piece as well...but here is hoping jwells finishes off a great post.

Bill Scheltema · October 14th, 2008, 05:00 PM

Hey Jack,

I am working on my neck and neck jig tonight.
When you get to the end of your router travel, do you leave the slight angle that you get from the 90 degrees off the curve, or to you do another step there?

Bill

ajgus · October 14th, 2008, 06:12 PM

You had me at one piece neck, Jack...you had me at one piece neck

BTW, are you using this for a specific project? Also, how would you describe the profile?

ThreePlyGuy · October 14th, 2008, 06:38 PM

Another terrific thread and SUPERB pics!

JDA · October 14th, 2008, 09:30 PM

Jack,
I admire your craftsmanship and thanks for the great pics! Makes me want to run out and buy some tools, but it would take me many years to get half your skills.

Regards, JD...

Superc_1 · October 15th, 2008, 10:15 AM

Jack were you at on the neck build? Quit teasing us so much! I love to see how other folks solve problem during the build phases.

July 29th, 2007, 01:45 PM	#42 (permalink)
Captain HiTop TDPRI Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 36	Awesome thread Upside : Amazing threads like this have me stopping by TDPRI on a daily basis. Downside : Your disclaimer is no longer valid Jack. Great work , love it Cheers, ch

July 30th, 2007, 06:44 PM	#45 (permalink)
jwells393 Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Albuquerque, USA Age: 65 Posts: 14,280 101 Photos	I mentioned earlier in this thread that I was also building a vintage style neck (truss rod adjustment at the heel). That one has been on a back burner since I was unable to find a suitable anchor for the truss rod. The anchor mounted on the truss rod has to fit through the 3/8 in. hole in the headstock and lock into the wood somehow. I was unsuccessful after contacting StewMac Customer Service. I was basicly told "Don't have them. Don't know where to get them". Warmoth sells a vintage truss rod but not just the anchor. I went so far as to contact Melvyn Hiscock inquiring about the one pictured in his book. He wasn't able to help much. Said "they" had had several made up special several years ago. Yesterday as I was browsing around the special parts drawers at my local Lowes, I may have found my anchor. It's a 6-32 knurled nut. I bought a package of two ($1.05). When I got back to Jack Ranch I drilled and tapped it 10-32. The knurled part does fit through the 3/8 in. hole. ...... I decided to do a little test with a small block of hard maple. Here I've drilled a 11/32 in. hole followed by a smaller 1/4 in. hole into the end grain. ...... A few taps with a dowel and a hammer and the knurled part is driven into the maple. ...... Here's the block after removing the rod. Looks like it just might work. ...... __________________ Jack's Disclaimer: When I say something.... always ask yourself ..... "What the hell does he know?" I'm just not cool enough to be a Mac person.

October 22nd, 2007, 05:06 PM	#47 (permalink)
jwells393 Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Albuquerque, USA Age: 65 Posts: 14,280 101 Photos	I discussed in the first post that I used the Stratocaster neck blueprint found in the Duchossoir Strat book. I didn't go into specifics because it's a little more complicated than a single radius. Probably best understood if you take a look at the following: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...kBlueprint.jpg If you build a jig like I show in the first post it would be a good idea to practice on 2x4s and take measurements of the channel depth at the ends and at the high point before starting on a neck blank. Actually making a neck out of a 2x4 would be good to work out the various steps. I hope to get back to finishing these necks and this thread in a couple of weeks. Hopefully I can show something not seen in recent neck building threads. __________________ Jack's Disclaimer: When I say something.... always ask yourself ..... "What the hell does he know?" I'm just not cool enough to be a Mac person. Last edited by jwells393; October 22nd, 2007 at 09:47 PM.

October 24th, 2007, 10:52 PM	#48 (permalink)
milkshape Tele-Holic Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: New England Posts: 516	Hey Jack, Kinda off topic for this thread but you mentioned you were making a mini neck for a mini tele, I am in the midst of the same. Was wondering how you went about your mini tele body templates? Would love to see the mini neck build. Thanks for showing an alternate neck method. __________________ No hurries, No worries.

October 24th, 2007, 11:44 PM	#49 (permalink)
jwells393 Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Albuquerque, USA Age: 65 Posts: 14,280 101 Photos	Mini-Tele Body Template: Let's see if I can explain this. I took a Jpeg scan of the Telecaster blueprint found in the Duchossior book. This was before the Terry Downs drawing. I cropped the picture so the cropped image outlined the body. The picture was then resized so the length is 14 1/2 in. I printed this image actual size in two pieces since I can only print 8 1/2 x 11. I taped the two pieces together and glued them to 1/4 in. MDF then cut and sanded to the line................ the neck pocket area was modified to allow for a standard sized neck pocket. This body will be used with a 22 3/4 scale neck as found on the Squier Mini-Stats. Location of pickup cavities and control plate cavity will be worked out with the neck in the pocket. ...... __________________ Jack's Disclaimer: When I say something.... always ask yourself ..... "What the hell does he know?" I'm just not cool enough to be a Mac person.

July 29th, 2007, 01:39 PM	#41 (permalink)
Scott V Tele-Holic Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Seattle Posts: 597	Very impressive indeed, thanks for sharing this project.

July 29th, 2007, 10:46 PM	#44 (permalink)
japasul Tele-Meister Join Date: May 2007 Location: Porto Alegre - Brazil Age: 23 Posts: 377	GREAT STUFF!!! i was just about to take some pics of my own neck making.... Anyways, i just bought a router this week, so im not used to using it yet.... Either way, ill make a go-along pic-torial as i go... thanks for sharing!

October 22nd, 2007, 04:38 PM	#46 (permalink)
Superc_1 Tele-Meister Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Atkins,Arkansas Age: 51 Posts: 183 5 Photos	First off great thread and I wish I had see this before yesturday, but thats usually the story of my life. My question is what radius did you use when cutting the neck jig for the router to run along? I've read the whole thread but did not see that radius mentioned. I tried using one of them plastic bushings on my router like telex showed but it melted at the end so its back to the drawing board. I did get a lot of practice in, but I will not be able to use the neck. Thanks in advance.

October 25th, 2007, 08:57 PM	#50 (permalink)
milkshape Tele-Holic Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: New England Posts: 516	Thanks , I did about the same thing for the print to be placed on the template using the excellent tdowns pdf. Used the snapshot tool in acrobat to copy it to the clipboard and then import into paintbrush, played around with size until it was about the same size as the mini strat body I have. I also noticed that the lower bouts of the strat and tele are very close but the horn seems to be off quite a bit. I thought it was strange the mini necks heel was standard size. I have yet to add this to my drawing. Couple more questions: Are you going to transfer the 1/4 to a 3/4 template when you cut the body? I imagine the bridge will determine the location of the bridge pickup rout, but for the neck pickup are you just gonna - wing it? - use the dimension from the neck pickup on one of your mini strats? - use a ratio based on the location and scale length of a full size tele? would love to see pics of the mini neck. thanks again for the detailed info. __________________ No hurries, No worries. Last edited by milkshape; October 25th, 2007 at 09:00 PM. Reason: can't type

October 25th, 2007, 09:44 PM	#51 (permalink)
jwells393 Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Albuquerque, USA Age: 65 Posts: 14,280 101 Photos	I've already cut my body. I used the template above to make a plexiglas template. I actually didn't do as I say. Somehow my template turned out to be 13 3/4 in. long. It's been a long time since I made it and I don't really remember the criteria I was using at the time. I've laid it out with a vintage style bridge and it looks like the bridge may be set back a bit toward the butt end. I measured a Mini-Strat and saw that the centerline length was 14 1/2 in. I'll probably just use what looks right visually when determining location for the neck pickup. Since the Mini neck only has 20 frets, using a ratio based on a full sized Tele might place it too far from the neck to look right. Here's my Mini-Tele neck alongside a Mini-Strat neck with reshaped headstock. I'll be using it for a mini-hybrid project. The maple board neck still needs frets, nut, final shaping and finish. ...... Here's the body with the bridge plate in the required location. It doesn't look right to me so I may start over with a larger body. I'm thinking the size of this pine scrap may have determined the length I made it. ...... __________________ Jack's Disclaimer: When I say something.... always ask yourself ..... "What the hell does he know?" I'm just not cool enough to be a Mac person. Last edited by jwells393; October 26th, 2007 at 09:53 AM. Reason: Spelling

October 25th, 2007, 10:48 PM	#52 (permalink)
milkshape Tele-Holic Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: New England Posts: 516	thanks again jack, neck looks fantastic, I think you're right the bridge does look a little far back. Maybe it's just the size of the bridge? __________________ No hurries, No worries.

October 26th, 2007, 12:59 AM	#53 (permalink)
boris bubbanov Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: New Orleans, LA + in the past Posts: 15,209	Wonderful thread, Jack. Thanks so much for your contribution. I'm already devising a way to mount my portable 3" belt sander so I can imitate what you've done with that cool Ridgid tool, to put a little taper on the boatnecks I'll be getting from Warmoth. After a wee bit of work with the lil plane. Yeah, the quarter sheet random motion sander is a real workhorse for me. Love the way you just wade in there and get the job done. When ya got tools ya gotta use 'em. Bubbanov

October 26th, 2007, 01:09 AM	#54 (permalink)
tdowns Friend of Leo's Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Wylie, TX US Posts: 3,106	Jack, You are such a baddd dude!!!! Thanks for sharing. With much respect.... TD __________________ Best regards, Terry Downs http://terrydownsmusic.com Equine quadrupeds may be coaxed to the reference of specific gravity but may not be compelled to imbibe thereof.

February 11th, 2008, 05:01 PM	#56 (permalink)
Goluphi Tele-Meister Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Chicago Posts: 456	Wow, nice work.

February 11th, 2008, 07:09 PM	#57 (permalink)
BillyG Tele-Meister Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Summerville, SC Age: 42 Posts: 446	MacGyver has got nothing on you. I'm very impressed.

April 12th, 2008, 01:01 AM	#58 (permalink)
anyone NEW MEMBER! Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: california Posts: 8	Hey Jack, Thanks for taking the time to put this up. Very educational and inspirational! I've really enjoyed all your other build threads too. Much appreciation, man! Chris

April 12th, 2008, 07:30 AM	#59 (permalink)
Rob DiStefano Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Park Ridge, NJ Age: 63 Posts: 5,150	Jack, you da man! Makes me *THINK* about getting back to scratch building .... NOT!!!

April 12th, 2008, 07:47 AM	#60 (permalink)
PeterUK Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: . Posts: 3,320	Jack, may thanks for sharing I'm loving this post! Peter

April 12th, 2008, 08:58 AM	#61 (permalink)
ptfreak Tele-Meister Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Holmsund, Sweden Posts: 118	Good stuff man! J

April 12th, 2008, 11:13 AM	#62 (permalink)
bluesjuke Tele-Holic Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Bluesland, Texas Age: 53 Posts: 704	Looks like a good choice. Good work there Jack!

July 20th, 2008, 10:41 PM	#63 (permalink)
fletch Tele-Meister Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Wollongong, NSW , Australia Age: 42 Posts: 219	So Jack, did you fret these necks yet ?

July 21st, 2008, 04:16 AM	#64 (permalink)
wikur Tele-Meister Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Sweden Posts: 417 18 Photos	Thanks for a superb thread! Very interesting and great pics. Thanks for sharing! Cheers,Wikur!

July 21st, 2008, 07:34 AM	#65 (permalink)
Telenator VENDOR Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Connecticut Posts: 6,619 5 Photos	Jack I love your build threads! I had posted some photos of my builds but nowhere near the detail you show. I'm a photographer by trade and I just don't like using a camera when I'm not working I guess. Anyway, nice job and thank you for sharing! __________________ Dogs have the right idea! www.telenator.com

July 21st, 2008, 11:36 AM	#66 (permalink)
jwells393 Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Albuquerque, USA Age: 65 Posts: 14,280 101 Photos	.....Now this is embarrassing. I haven't worked on this project since July ............ of last year. Hopefully I'm embarrassed enough to get back on it. __________________ Jack's Disclaimer: When I say something.... always ask yourself ..... "What the hell does he know?" I'm just not cool enough to be a Mac person.

July 21st, 2008, 11:47 AM	#67 (permalink)
BAW4742 Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Maryland's Eastern Shore Age: 52 Posts: 1,228 4 Photos	These things take time.

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July 21st, 2008, 12:20 PM	#68 (permalink)
dougk Tele-Holic Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Sacramento, CA Age: 26 Posts: 552	I have to say that this: is absolutely brilliant. Oh and I will steal this idea from you eventually LOL

July 21st, 2008, 01:56 PM	#69 (permalink)
jwells393 Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Albuquerque, USA Age: 65 Posts: 14,280 101 Photos	I ordered a couple of vintage style truss rods from Warmoth. At $10 each it's hardly worth making your own. You get the rod with attached anchor, truss rod nut and plastic sleeve. If you order one of these make sure you specify the vintage style nut. They initially sent me the wrong one. They did however replace it at no charge. ...... ...... __________________ Jack's Disclaimer: When I say something.... always ask yourself ..... "What the hell does he know?" I'm just not cool enough to be a Mac person.

July 21st, 2008, 02:32 PM	#70 (permalink)
HiggyDude Tele-Meister Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Tempe, AZ Age: 46 Posts: 301	Great work and great presentation. Very detailed and well supported by the picures. BTW - after reading many of your posts I finally bought one of the Rigid belt/spindle sanding machines you rave about - your raving was spot on - it is a great tool for the shop!. Keep it coming. __________________ Pursue your dreams...and hopefully you have a Tele, tube amp and cold beer to accompany you on your journey! ---------------------------------------------- Twang on...HiggyDude Http://www.higgydude.com

August 24th, 2008, 05:15 AM	#71 (permalink)
tzen NEW MEMBER! Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: newcastle australia Age: 65 Posts: 4	How wonderfull the world is full of people like you lot here thanks I'm on to it,being a Newbie this gives me ummmpf correct to go under down under Thanks to jwells wonderfull article PS: I WILL turn the flash of hmm Tzen in Oz

August 24th, 2008, 11:41 AM	#73 (permalink)
Mightyaxeman Tele-Meister Join Date: May 2007 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 167	Great thread. A good source for long drill bits is an alarm systems distributer. Installers use them to drill through door and window frames and can be found in various sizes.

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bluesjuke Tele-Holic Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Bluesland, Texas Age: 53 Posts: 704	When I did that we used bits up to 6' long. You can usually find them in a well stocked Electrical Supply House too.

August 24th, 2008, 06:11 PM	#75 (permalink)
sebastian747 NEW MEMBER! Join Date: May 2008 Location: UK Posts: 2	thought this may be of added interest Have read this great thread on building one piece necks i could not help but wish it had been done years ago...shame that jwells393 has not finished it off. Anyway having built a number of one piece necks I thought it maybe cool to throw in a few little things i discovered during my own process of learning how to do it. First off I also use a Stew Mac fret slotting jig just like jwells, but because i build one piece strat and bass necks i have adapted mine to cope with the peg head getting in the way not an issue with with the radial saw i know but for those without...by cutting of the rear left side of the jig you can slot right up to the nut even with a bass neckLibrary - 2178.jpg...if you keep the piece you cut off you can still bolt it back on using the small allen nuts.Library - 2177.jpg Also if you wanna make life easy when it comes to carving the rear of the neck get a "flapper" which is a round sanding disk that goes on a small grinder...it gets rid of most of unwanted material really fast u can then finish off by hand...far less elbow grease, basic shaping takes 5 mins....to get the correct final shape i use a two pack filler and cling-film moulds. You can take the moulds at say 5 points from a real neck....I think u guys could use "Bondo" as well, its just a matter of checking the shape against the moulds...i found surforms and spoke shavers a total pain in the neck to coin a phrase...if you use a flapper practice first it is a skill to get good at you can wipe a neck out if you're not careful. ill add some pix of me building a one piece as well...but here is hoping jwells finishes off a great post. __________________ Quicklucky&Plucky

October 14th, 2008, 05:00 PM	#76 (permalink)
Bill Scheltema Tele-Holic Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Palmerston, Ontario Age: 47 Posts: 634	Neck Jig question Hey Jack, I am working on my neck and neck jig tonight. When you get to the end of your router travel, do you leave the slight angle that you get from the 90 degrees off the curve, or to you do another step there? Bill

October 14th, 2008, 06:12 PM	#77 (permalink)
ajgus Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: chicago Posts: 3,003	You had me at one piece neck, Jack...you had me at one piece neck BTW, are you using this for a specific project? Also, how would you describe the profile? __________________ "...it's just a wonderful sound..."- GE Smith

October 14th, 2008, 06:38 PM	#78 (permalink)
ThreePlyGuy Tele-Holic Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Southern California/Arizona Posts: 606	Another terrific thread and SUPERB pics! __________________ Good luck with your projects.