Thread: Makore Set Neck

Originally Posted by dadovfor

I'm paying attention. The photos could do with better captions though.

lol yea, i havnt been writting much, keyboards playingup...

Originally Posted by Andrew_B

decided on no strip,
(i could inlay a strip down the back... that could be interesting.. lol)

i glued it up a few hours ago
what a pain it is to glue up when its not square lol






its lighter than i was expecting
need to find some big enough for one piece bodies

Andy, keep the belly offcuts next time and put them back into place for gluing up. At least youll have the straight edges back to clamp down on. Im not telling you anything you havent already seen, so where are the bloody offcuts????

Good looking shape once again.

Gee, I hope it didn't dry like it is shown in the second glue up photo . Looks like the joint has slipped a little? Regardless this is how you refine your technique, which over time will get faster and faster.

Cheers,

Peter

Originally Posted by mannym

Andy, keep the belly offcuts next time and put them back into place for gluing up. At least youll have the straight edges back to clamp down on. Im not telling you anything you havent already seen, so where are the bloody offcuts????

Good looking shape once again.

oh i know this....

but each half of the body only just squeezed onto the wood :P so there was really no offcuts except the inner horns and waist

Originally Posted by peterbrown

Gee, I hope it didn't dry like it is shown in the second glue up photo . Looks like the joint has slipped a little? Regardless this is how you refine your technique, which over time will get faster and faster.

Cheers,

Peter

oh my technique changes every time i get a new bloddy tool.... hahaha

as for why it is off centred,

well you know im a fret access junky....

when i made the template, i wasnt completely happy with the fret access...
and now that i have a bandsaw i can cut things alot more accurately,
(so instead of my old method of cutting the body with a jigsaw then using a template to rout the edges smooth, i just cut it with the bandsaw and sand it now)

anyways, so i wasnt happy with the fret access (i try to keep every single fret easily accessable on my guitars....

so i moved the treble side down about 5mm, and now i have 5mm of extra fret access

i will just trim the bottom and the heel on the bandsaw to match up when its dry




simple really...

here, you can see in these pics



25 strings anyone? haha

Hey you could almost make a chapman stick wit that neck!! Man id love one of them..If only i had a spare $8000 lol..

Shape looks really good.. I like ur fret access..Im the same..THe one thing I dont like about my red ibanez is the heel..Its really blocky and doesnt allow great access...THe finish is wearing and chipping now so i was thinking of refinishing it so I could always change the heel i guess..

You can rip some neck blanks for me on ur big flysex bandsaw mate!!

I assenbled the 7 yday too!! I screwed the nut but..Its too low and the slots are too deep lol..stupid me..Ill make a new one next week..Sounds really really good and plays pretty nice too..

sorry for hijacking HAHAHAHA

Originally Posted by floody_85

Hey you could almost make a chapman stick wit that neck!! Man id love one of them..If only i had a spare $8000 lol..

those are wierd things....
wouldnt even know how to play the damn thing hahaha

Shape looks really good.. I like ur fret access..

cheers

Im the same..THe one thing I dont like about my red ibanez is the heel..Its really blocky and doesnt allow great access...THe finish is wearing and chipping now so i was thinking of refinishing it so I could always change the heel i guess..

send it to me, then ill have two

You can rip some neck blanks for me on ur big flysex bandsaw mate!!

well get me some wood and ill do it

I assenbled the 7 yday too!!

been drinking have ya

I screwed the nut but..Its too low and the slots are too deep lol..stupid me..Ill make a new one next week..Sounds really really good and plays pretty nice too..

lol hopeless....
was it one of the nuts i sent you? lol
stick some paper under it untill you make a new one

dont worry i ussually screw up a majority of the nuts i make too.. lol
i think i did 3 for the bass before i was happy......
4 for the 7 before i was happy....

sorry for hijacking HAHAHAHA

lol no worries...
im bored lol

merry christmas b1tches

time for me to go flash my 7 string around at a party

As long as thats all you flash.
Merry Christmas Andrew, Bitch.

Originally Posted by Andrew_B

merry christmas b1tches

time for me to go flash my 7 string around at a party

Originally Posted by woodturner777

As long as thats all you flash.
Merry Christmas Andrew, Bitch.

LOL

merry christmas to you bobby....

ill be waiting for my present from tassie tone woods...
ahhh nice figured mountain ash top

i shall post some more progress on this, on tuesday,

in the meantime i have another project im working on,
plus some home maintanance at my granparents house,
they go overseas on monday and id like to fix some stuff up over there while they are away
i know.. what a great grandson

anyways, back to my other project,

any of you blokes have an walnut offcuts?

looking for two bits some where around 15cm x 10cm x 3 -4cm thick,

also, what thicknessers are you blokes running?

yay christmas time

time for my presents, from me, to me

im thinking this will fit well in my workshop
Carba-Tec 12" Economy Disc Sander : CARBA-TEC

and a 2x3 drum
Sanding Drums - Individual Sizes : CARBA-TEC

and a magnifyng headset which is in the catologue but not on their site

yep i think thats what i would like to purchase,
i wouldnt mind a thicknesser, but i cant afford that untill i sell my motorbike



time to read up on this sander...
will have to try and haggle and get some free sanding discs with it

They look good man.. Im gonna buy the sanding drums for my drill press soon too.. And ive been lookin at a disc sander too in a local tool shop..not a great brand but it will do the job..I think its disc and belt for $150 i think..Im too broke at the moment but..Gotta buy a new camera for hawaii!

Hows the progress on the set neck?

i think i can get away with just the one sanding drum,

and the disc sander, in my mind, is a good addition to the workshop next to the bandsaw.... will def help get all those small blade marks off everything i cut up,
wll also let me flush up fingerboards and neck tapers faster


i wouldnt mind a disc/belt combo, but untill i extend, i dont have enouh room,


the buuild is still a neck and body blank, i have been busy, grandparents have gone overseas, spent yesterday doing a bit f cleaning up over there..


carbatec is a-calling

off i go