...but my hands are a bit sore!
So today I de-fretted this neck and re-radiused the fretboard from 14" to 9.5".
My old-man hands (particularly my thumbs for some reason) are a bit grumpy. Minor arthritis doesn't help.
The coarsest grit paper I had was 120. 80 would have made a better start, but oh well, I used what i had.
It came up really well though. Regular checking with a straight edge and radius guide, all nice and even.
Yesterday I worked on reshaping the heel. I think the plan is to use it on standard strat body with a standard pocket/neck joint. The new profile gives it a better transition in hand from neck to body without modifying the body.
I still have a bit of tidying up there, but Ill leave it that way for now and if I start hacking into the body, the heel shape will change again.
The neck is currently finished in acrylic lacquer, which I've decided I dislike, so I'll be scraping it back and refinishing with satin poly. Of course that's after I install new frets. Got a stack of fretwire already so will hopefully get to it this week.
edit to add better radius pic
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