DB - you're going to want a dead flat base to glue your fretboard to. Necks have a gentle angle along their length, so I'm guessing the jig is to give you that angle as you run it through the drum sander?
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DB - you're going to want a dead flat base to glue your fretboard to. Necks have a gentle angle along their length, so I'm guessing the jig is to give you that angle as you run it through the drum sander?
Quick guess diagram???
http://www.pitbullguitars.com/wp-con...t-neck-jig.jpg
Second try - we're dealing with a neck through here, so part of the neck will be in the body. To retain the angle and have some of the neck in the body, given that cutting it later will be a pain, if DB uses the jig, the drum sander will have a nice, flat surface to work on, that will be nice and supported as it goes through the sander.
http://www.pitbullguitars.com/wp-con...t-neck-jig.jpg
Ok, now this is awkward.....
Dan was on the right path, Brendan has answered correctly so two winners it is!
email me your postal address and I will send out a Dingotone Guitar wax out to you both.
dingobass@pitbullguitars.com
Oh, and it was the second diagram that is the closest....
Yep - did the first then the penny dropped. Watching with intense interest... Just made a small acquisition that may go towards my first scratchy later this year...
Ahh, very neat little jig DB.
I wasn't thinking along the lines of a drum sander jig though. That's a great way to create an accurate neck break angle.
What degree do you make your neck angle? I'm guessing about 7*.
Man you must excuse my absolute ignorance here, here's me thinking you'd just need a dead flat piece of timber that ran the entire length of the guitar and would be parallel to the strings. Now you're talking about "angle" but no one has actually said how much "angle", also you say here Brendan "part of the neck will be in the body' well wouldn't all of the neck be in the body... what am I missing?Quote:
/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from Brendan on June 10, 2014, 21:44
Second try - we're dealing with a neck through here, so part of the neck will be in the body. To retain the angle and have some of the neck in the body, given that cutting it later will be a pain, if DB uses the jig, the drum sander will have a nice, flat surface to work on, that will be nice and supported as it goes through the sander.
http://www.pitbullguitars.com/wp-con...t-neck-jig.jpg
This has suddenly gone from "I'd love to try this" to "there's no way this is possible at home".
Also just to put the icing on my confusion, I can understand having this "angle" on the neck to compensate for the bridge height (also not mentioned) but in the above diagram it seems to me like the angle is running the wrong way from the body.
I might come back once I've decked out a workshop with 10K's worth of gear and finished my degree in trigonometry:P
There's always a work around Bargie, this process could be done a number of ways. DB's method with a drum sander is probably the most efficient and accurate. But you could do this a number of ways. Cut the angle with a band saw/ hand saw then plane or sand flat.
If you look at Brendan's diagram, the top line of the diagram is the back of the guitar. The bottom line is the face. So if you flip it over it will be at the proper angle.
The "Part" of the neck in the body will be where the body "wings" attach. I think you maybe looking at it from the wrong perspective. I'm sure as the build progresses all will become clear.
Wow. Thanks DB. And people told me being a smart arse would get me nowhere. This may be the 'wooden spoon' of the challenge. But at least it's a spoon. Woohoo!Quote:
/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from dingobass on June 10, 2014, 20:33
Aaaaaaand the winner is....... Lawry!...
Nah, just kidding around :) But Lawry does get a bonus prize for the funniest answer! ( email me your address Lawry and I will send you a tub of Dingotone Guitar wax :). dingobass@pitbullguitars.com )
Dan is still the closest, but the device is not for planing the fret board face, rather it is for running through the drum sander...
Now all I need to know is why would I run the blank through the drum sander on this seemingly wierd angle?