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Russ replied to the topic "📐Russ' Parlour N°2📏" – 3 years, 4 months ago
Once the glue has set the headstock can be planed flat to the 14mm thickness.
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Russ replied to the topic "📐Russ' Parlour N°2📏" – 3 years, 4 months ago
Once the two pieces are planed flat and square they can be glued together as shown in the pictures. The thickness of the join between the headstock piece and the neck piece should be measured at 14mm.
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Russ replied to the topic "📐Russ' Parlour N°2📏" – 3 years, 4 months ago
Place the two pieces of the neck into the vice as shown in this picture and plane the joint flat and square and keeping the angle of the scarf joint. Plane this up to the line of the nut… Read more»
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Russ replied to the topic "📐Russ' Parlour N°2📏" – 3 years, 4 months ago
Measure 90mm from the Nut towards the end of the headstock and mark the position of the scarf joint. I cut it using a scarf joint jig on the bandsaw.
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Russ replied to the topic "📐Russ' Parlour N°2📏" – 3 years, 4 months ago
I started by squaring up the neck blank. Planing one of the faces flat and smooth then squaring up both of the edges. I kept the blank wider than the widest part of the headstock….80mm. I allowed 200mm… Read more»
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Russ posted a new topic "📐Russ' Parlour N°2📏" – 3 years, 4 months ago
So here I go with Parlour N°2. It’s pretty much the same as my first attempt but this time with X-bracing rather than ladder bracing. I’ll try and give a wee bit more of an explanation of the process of… Read more»
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Russ liked forum post "Using spalted tamarind as a fretboard" – 3 years, 4 months ago
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Russ liked forum post "Using spalted tamarind as a fretboard" – 3 years, 4 months ago
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Brian Walker replied to the topic "Using spalted tamarind as a fretboard" – 3 years, 4 months ago
For more info on tamarind wood try the Wood Database on wood-database.com
I find it a really useful source of info about wood.
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swepri liked forum post "New black limba build" – 3 years, 4 months ago
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swepri liked forum post "Using spalted tamarind as a fretboard" – 3 years, 4 months ago
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swepri liked forum post "Using spalted tamarind as a fretboard" – 3 years, 4 months ago
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nolanrathke@gmail.com replied to the topic "Using spalted tamarind as a fretboard" – 3 years, 4 months ago
Bad ass! Thank you so much for the help with that!
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Russ liked forum post "New black limba build" – 3 years, 4 months ago
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Russ replied to the topic "Using spalted tamarind as a fretboard" – 3 years, 4 months ago
@nolanrathkegmail-com You certainly can use it for fretboards. I’ve seen it used a couple of times. You might be lucky enough to not need to fill in any gaps but if you do I’d follow @nsj advice and use some… Read more»
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Russ liked forum post "Using spalted tamarind as a fretboard" – 3 years, 4 months ago
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Russ liked forum post "Using spalted tamarind as a fretboard" – 3 years, 4 months ago
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