Neck build – May 2020

Posted on May 10, 2020 by gryder
Side holes were drilled *before* shaping the neck. However I didn’t notice the bottom of the neck blank has a distinct flick from the infeed of the planer. This means the last dot isn’t well aligned. One to look out for on the next neck build.

After the dots, I rough cut the back of the neck on the bandsaw to around 25mm thick including the fretboard, to reduce the amount of stock to remove with hand tools. Target is around 23mm deep at the nut and take it from there.
Starting at the heckstock end, pencil line shows the desires start of the tranisition. I tend to start at both transitions and then blend between them
Mid point of the roughing out. As you can see, still quite uneven but it’s starting to take shape.
A little further into the process, starting to get a nice flow into the headstock. The back of the neck is now close enough to start thinking about the body. I need to take a break and then return to the neck carve to get it really nice. At this point it feels enough like a guitar neck, to let touch guide.
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