Neck holder

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GuitarWhisperer
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Neck holder

Post by GuitarWhisperer » Tue Dec 27, 2011 10:46 pm

I made this thing to hold my necks in the vice while I do stuff like radiusing the fretboard and installing frets. It also protects the fretboard extension if I have to ship it off somewhere, like to the inlay guy. It's not fancy, but it works.
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Dave Bagwill
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Re: Neck holder

Post by Dave Bagwill » Tue Dec 27, 2011 10:51 pm

That's a clever idea. I'm gonna steal it! :-)
-Under permanent construction

Tim Benware
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Re: Neck holder

Post by Tim Benware » Tue Dec 27, 2011 11:10 pm

I like IT!
I've "Ben-Had" again!
Tim Benware
Creedmoor, NC

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Re: Neck holder

Post by GuitarWhisperer » Wed Dec 28, 2011 5:43 am

Thanx! BTW I stuck the fretboard to it with double stick craft tape, just strong enough to hold it down without being TOO stuck, such as with the clear acrylic double-stick available from StewMac.

Kevin in California
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Re: Neck holder

Post by Kevin in California » Wed Dec 28, 2011 2:12 pm

Yup, I'm on this one too. Gonna be busy building jigs.

Kevin

TonyinNYC
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Re: Neck holder

Post by TonyinNYC » Thu Dec 29, 2011 3:10 pm

That's very cool GW! Thanks for posting that!

stevenmward
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Re: Neck holder

Post by stevenmward » Tue Apr 23, 2013 2:52 am

Great little jig! I can see I will have to make one, too.

Question: where do you get your two-sided craft tape and what is two-sided craft tape? Any cheap two-sided tape you buy at a crafts store or something more specific?

I have been using the two-sided stuff that is sometimes much stickier than I want, so first I stick it onto old t-shirts to put some fine lint on it.

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