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One thing that concerns me is that the trussrod channel is a little bit deeper (half mm) at the body end (mustn’t have been quite level in the workmate) - does it have to be completely flush with the underside of the fingerboard, or is that close enough?
Next thing is plane the board down from 8mm to 5, then glue it on & trim the neck to shape …
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Trend are considered the good ones, are they not?
I can't fault my basic green Bosch router though.
What’s the Bosch one you’ve got?
Yeah the wealden bits are great. I use a combination of those, Trend and cheap Chinese things off Amazon for specific things I use very rarely, like the 10mm bullnose!
One great buy bits wise from wealden is a 20mm pattern bit with replaceable bearings. I got a whole load of different bearing sizes for different binding rebates. I got a bigger bearing too that allows me to make offset templates - for example I just made a les paul template that was 1mm bigger all the way round to give some leeway for sanding.
Then I cut the fingerboard to length, drilled & pinned it with a couple of cocktail sticks (outside of the lines of the actual neck) and glued it on … should give it 24 hours to set:
The clamping setup is a bit crap, as I didn’t really think it out beforehand, but hopefully it’ll be ok.
Next plan is to cut some fret slots, while I still have the edge of the neck blank to work from - then cut the outline on the bandsaw, make the 12” radius etc … making it up as I go along really
If anyone has a better plan than that, I’m all ears
Then I cut the neck shape out on the bandsaw … this is the bit I was nervous about, as I really don’t get on well with that machine - don’t know why, but every time I do anything other than a straight cut using the fence it all seems to go awry .. more practise needed on scraps (and maybe I should have used a 1/4” blade?) … it came out bigger than the neck needs to be though, which is the main thing!
Then I glued an extra piece on to make the heel of the neck, and left it overnight …
This morning I unclamped it, & set about shaping the heel end to fit into the body that I’d bought - using a Shinto rasp to get the bulk off, then sandpaper and numerous squeaky fit up attempts to get it right …
Seems to fit ok, and even point in the right direction … the bridge seems a little close to the pickup though (20 instead of 25mm) suggesting I’ve got the heel a bit long - trouble is, if I trim any off the end, it’ll not fit anymore as the socket is tapered …
But anyways, here’s a little mockup
More soon, I hope … shaping fingerboard next