I have drawn the neck shape onto the blank. I was wondering if I should cut that out before or after finishing the side profile. It's very rough and a band saw would have been nice to have.

Are you talking about a side profile pattern? to router against? or sand against?

adr1aan wrote: I have drawn the neck shape onto the blank. I was wondering if I should cut that out before or after finishing the side profile. It's very rough and a band saw would have been nice to have.

Are you talking about a side profile pattern? to router against? or sand against?

I'm talking about any profile, just drawing it onto one side will mean you have to remain perfectly square to that side, which can only be done with a perfect saw. My band saw does leave me the need to robosand and even that is better when assisted by some lines on the reverse side... Which you will not be able to put until you square the whole thing up first.
Anyway, having glued already you will need to rout for the truss, which I would do before profiling so you have less trouble clamping.

On another note: what wood is that?

Sticking those pieces together is not easy, I can see a tiny bit of movement there. Thats the exact reason I went the scarf route instead because it is quite tricky.

Gearhead wrote:

adr1aan wrote: I have drawn the neck shape onto the blank. I was wondering if I should cut that out before or after finishing the side profile. It's very rough and a band saw would have been nice to have.

Are you talking about a side profile pattern? to router against? or sand against?

I'm talking about any profile, just drawing it onto one side will mean you have to remain perfectly square to that side, which can only be done with a perfect saw. My band saw does leave me the need to robosand and even that is better when assisted by some lines on the reverse side... Which you will not be able to put until you square the whole thing up first.
Anyway, having glued already you will need to rout for the truss, which I would do before profiling so you have less trouble clamping.

On another note: what wood is that?

Plain old pine, this is a first attempt and waisting expensive wood would be a shame.

I thought it was pine which is why I asked. I have never seen anyone pull off a pine neck (pun intended). Even if you had used a more sturdy piece of wood for your neck, it would still not have been stiff and controllable enough without a truss rod. You might have looked at the direction of the grain a bit while cutting, so as to keep the neck from warping. In my humble opinion, instead of maybe wasting expensive wood you are certainly wasting less expensive wood. It might be better to read through a few build threads on this forum or even very many threads on tdpri.com or lespaulforum.

G-Man wrote: Sticking those pieces together is not easy, I can see a tiny bit of movement there. Thats the exact reason I went the scarf route instead because it is quite tricky.

Something I seem to be thinking frequently these days: Life would be so much cooler with an electric planer. even just 6" wide would be lovely thanks.

Shibbibilybob wrote:

G-Man wrote: Sticking those pieces together is not easy, I can see a tiny bit of movement there. Thats the exact reason I went the scarf route instead because it is quite tricky.

Something I seem to be thinking frequently these days: Life would be so much cooler with an electric planer. even just 6" wide would be lovely thanks.

amen

Phew, the blank is sanded down to size

adr1aan wrote: Phew, the blank is sanded down to size

My sander had this nice fitting that came in the box that i never used, and it works like a charm.;D

Lookin good!

I like that grain. Pity you won't see it.

Norman86 wrote: I like that grain. Pity you won't see it.

Some at the back of the neck;D

I have started with a new neck.

Like I said, a new neck, why? the 1st one was concave, sad but a good lesson learned. The 2nd is nice and flat and the overall result so far is much better, the grain is not as nice bit will do. Next: a trussrod, a router and a fretboard blank. pics inserted

You can always just buy a kit from Blackbeards den for a starter project just to give you a idea whether you actually want to go to the whole custom build thing. Tools are a bitch to get hold of especially the power tools. Hand tools are a bit easier and there are a million sites on the net for kits. ?

Looks like the guitar is actually getting shape from what I see on the pics! Good luck! ?

Any progress since June 28?

briang wrote: Any progress since June 28?

Nope, time seems to evaporate these days. Plans are ready R$ is getting better so hopefully soon.

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Good Morning,

So I was fortunate enough to get some help from a friend with a thicknesser and a level planer. So the body was glued and clamped and although there is a lot of issues with the wood, a crack here and there and a "kwas" or 2, I like the way it looks.

I still don't have the truss rod or fret board, but I am sure those will come around.

The neck blank is ok'ish but I think it's going to be to weak. I am going to do a third blank from a piece of Mahogany I got from another friend.

I want to do the neck pocket and the other routing before I do the body shape.

One question: About the truss rod installation, how far from the end of the neck (on the body side) does the truss rod get installed?