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  1. 11th August 2010, 11:46 AM #1
    CeeTee
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    Default How To Thickness the Back of a Headstock ... ?

    Hey Guys,

    I've been making a Strat, as a learning exercise, and I've nearly finished that build (lots of mistakes - good learnings!!). I bought a neck for that build.

    However, I'm turning my mind to my next build, in which I want to make a neck. I'm thinking of an angled headstock, and I've seen plenty of posts about that. I'm thinking of a one-piece, rather than a scarf joint, and I've seen a post on Project Guitar (I think it was) about how to do an angled headstock (the front face) on a jointer.

    But I haven't seen anything about how to thickness the back face of such a one-piece angled headstock. I think it will need to be about 10-12mm thick, depending on the length of the tuners, and I can't think how to do it. Maybe I need to make some sort of a jig to clamp the headstock flat (with the rest of the neck sticking out in mid-air) and run over the back with a router?

    Has anyone got any ideas or photos?

    Thanks.
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  3. 11th August 2010, 01:43 PM #2
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    Hi CT,

    This is how I thickness a headstock. I set up a flat board which is held above the bench to parralell to the surface. I do this by clamping a sheet of 16mm mdf sitting on some slats. Assuming you have a flat face on the headstock, clamp it face down to the bench. Using a router, set the bit depth such that it is clear of the bench by the desired thickness of the headstock and run it over the back of the headstock, producing a clean flat parrallel surface. See pic below.

    I will rout in severall passes to final thickness up to the start of the volute. The curve iof the volute I cut by hand using a coping saw and sand to final curvature very, very carefully with a drum spindle sander in the drill press.

    Cheers

    Peter


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