Re: 12 String SS Falcate braced Ziricote\spruce guitar.
Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2016 11:32 am
I promise the last post for a bit as I mostly have tedious finish prep work left ... But yesterday I installed the truss rod and carved the neck.
I generally have the truss rod flush but went just a tad deep with my channel so I planed a bit of spruce to fit in the channel. and wicked in a touch of CA and planed it flush.
Also note I am all prepped to glue on the fret board. I have three 1/32 index pins to assure alignment. Also I have some strips of purfling wood on the edges pf my cauls to force the edges of the fret board down.
Looks like I am getting a lot of squeeze out.
Never to many clamps
I decided to carve the neck with a circular arc. I drew the squared dimensions for the 1st and 6th fret, found the arc with a compass and finally drew tangent lines to determine the diminsions of my first facet. I then transferred the facets lines to the neck.
I use a spoke shave to cut the initial facet. It goes really clean. I know some draw in the secondary and tertiary facets, but for a circular arc they are easy to see on the neck. So I just attack them with the spoke shave as well. At some point I switch to sand paper to remove the remaining facet lines.
I go at the heal with a nice rasp. At first it seem slow put really it goes pretty fast as well. In the following picture I am about 50 minutes into the carving process.
Here are some pictures prior to the start of finish prep.
I generally have the truss rod flush but went just a tad deep with my channel so I planed a bit of spruce to fit in the channel. and wicked in a touch of CA and planed it flush.
Also note I am all prepped to glue on the fret board. I have three 1/32 index pins to assure alignment. Also I have some strips of purfling wood on the edges pf my cauls to force the edges of the fret board down.
Looks like I am getting a lot of squeeze out.
Never to many clamps
I decided to carve the neck with a circular arc. I drew the squared dimensions for the 1st and 6th fret, found the arc with a compass and finally drew tangent lines to determine the diminsions of my first facet. I then transferred the facets lines to the neck.
I use a spoke shave to cut the initial facet. It goes really clean. I know some draw in the secondary and tertiary facets, but for a circular arc they are easy to see on the neck. So I just attack them with the spoke shave as well. At some point I switch to sand paper to remove the remaining facet lines.
I go at the heal with a nice rasp. At first it seem slow put really it goes pretty fast as well. In the following picture I am about 50 minutes into the carving process.
Here are some pictures prior to the start of finish prep.
