PBG body blank, Tele build. UPDATE, New neck.

Im feeling the same as Scott. Judging by the length of the neck lying close to the circle it does seem like a 12" diameter.
Clever way to make a block though.

I think you just saved my skin there Scott. You are correct. I guess I'll have to flip the sheet and redraw it to a 12" radius. Darn it .

I thought something looked off when I started. I checked it three times too. I marked out one a few month's back that was correct. But it didn't occur to me that this time I was working off the diameter.

Thanks for your keen eye Scott. I nearly ended up with a 6" radius fretboard. A little more and I could of nearly strung it up as a viola. Lol.

Good suggestions for the side dots too. I was thinking something along the lines of the epoxy. But I couldn't find much else about today. Though clearly my brain wasn't working today.

Nice save Forum folk. This is a great Build Diary, Dan.

My brain musta been in snooze mode too . . . only just spotted this build.
What a beautiful slab of timber and what a superb finish you've put on it.
Tele's like this one just look so elegant.
Let's hope your head & neck do justice to your body (so to speak)
Yeah 12" radius = 24" diameter, just ask Pythagoras :P

Ok, after some revisions of the mark out. I have cut the circle out with the router and then I cut the quadrant sections out on the bandsaw..
The cuts on the bandsaw were not completely even so I clamped all the sections together and hit them with a sander to flush and true the edges.

I cut two bits of ply for the face and back. 6mm for the back and 3mm for the face so it can conform to the radius. I space and glue the radiused sections along the base, then glue the 3mm ply onto the concave face. I had a caul cut to a 12" radius from my previous attempt at a sanding block. So I used this to clamp up the curved face.

I have made it bulky like this so I can use it between two fences and keep it square at all times. I used an off cut from the mahogany body as a handle, waste not, want not.
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Here I've just used some Ali angle for my fences. I mark a center line and use double sided tape to secure the neck in position.

I will say this wandoo is extremely hard. It took a solid 30 mins to get the radius sanded in with 100 grit sandpaper. Once this initial hard work is done I can now just work through the grits to remove any scratches.

It was a bit of an effort to make this sanding block but the results are worth it. Getting an evenly radiused fretboard is almost foolproof now.
http://www.pitbullguitars.com/wp-con...137q-image.jpg
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Looks good Dan, glad it worked out... nice stack of templates in the background too.

Yeah, there's probably an easier way to do it but I'm a cheapskate and had to use what I had laying around.

Thanks again Scott for the heads up.

Edit. I just noticed looking at that last pic how off centre those last few fret markers are. Oops. They look worse than they are at the angle the photo was taken.

Just got the rough shaping done on the neck. Went with the angle grinder option again.
And a pic of the finished fretboard .
http://www.pitbullguitars.com/wp-con...tz57-image.jpg
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awesome Dan!