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Rathius
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Posted by: @nsj

@rathius That's frickin cool! I think they just used really good wood for handles in those days hence why they last

They made a LOT of things better back then. Well made them to last not to be thrown away in a few years. Planned obsolescence, the only way corporations can survive these days. Too many companies fighting for the same market share otherwise.

 


   
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@rathius 

I’m in Kentucky, USA and it’s Summer. That means it’s hot here, and high humidity, plus I don’t have A/C in my garage/workshop.

Come to Scotland, we had our summer last week. We got up to 32°C where I am, too hot to do anything other than swim in the sea. Yesterday, torrential rain all day and down to 16°C, too wet to do anything.


   
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Posted by: @rathius

Here’s how I was thinking of doing it and similar to how I did my test piece. Whatcha think?

With fretboard on use carpet tape and attach the neck to the fretboard caul and all that to your neck profile pattern (screw the fretboard caul to neck profile pattern is what I was thinking). You now have your work piece ready. Place that in your headstock angle jig but with the headstock pointing out the opposite end (square end not angled in). The back side of the neck should be pointing towards the top of the jig. Clamp the neck to one side of the headstock jig and clamp the jig to the workbench. Using a 1/2” plunge router setup with over-sized baseplate do one side in small increments until the desired neck thickness is achieved (+ at least 1mm for sanding). After one side is done then turn the whole th8ng 180 degrees and reclamp with the neck being clamped to the opposite side of the neck angle jig.

Don't forget that the necks usually are a bit thicker at the heel end and thinner at first fret. So maybe shim up the headstock end a millimeter or two?

If I undertand your setup correctly, that is.

 


   
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Here’s where I am at the moment. Had to take a break. Temp is only 78f/25.5c but the humidity is 64%. After 2 facets I can wrong sweat out of my t-shirt. Y’all are welcome to come visit anytime. 😁

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@rathius go british, pants (underwear) and flip flops and carry on lol


   
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Ok so Design #3 is on hold for now. Since Design #4 has gone beyond where #3 is currently I’ve decided to continue on with #4 and after that I’ll come back to this one. Need to focus on just one guitar at a time. I do believe that’s been my problem with design #3. 


   
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