Neck build – May 2020

Posted on May 3, 2020 by gryder
The same template I used for the headstock shape, which has also has the tuner holes marked. I used doubled sided sticky tape to hold it in place.

Tuner holes are 10mm in diamater, 25mm apart, 12mm from the edge (from centre points)
The top edge of the headstock needs tidying, but after the tear out I’ll use a belt sander to sand to line.
Fretboard aligned (though need to figure out a way to use pins from the top to stop it sliding on the glue), glued and clamped for 24 hours
After a wide test run, I found minimal chipping on the fretboard from the bandsaw, so I did a second pass close to the edge
16mm headstock thickness. Didn’t take any off the back, as trying to work around the tear out. The padauk cut a lot easier than the birds eye maple neck, felt softer (even though a hardness chart has it the other way).
Quick tidy on the sander. Hard to see, but the tear out is almost entirely sanded away. Very lucky.

Fretboard is 7mm thick, neck blank around 25mm
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