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Week 25 – More neck work

Posted on September 15, 2015November 11, 2015 by Iain 'Cutty' Carlin

Fitting truss rod

  • Block plane & chisel down truss rod cover strip so flush with neck
  • Cut off fret wire using side cutters held parallel to side of fretboard
  • File down edge of frets till level with side of fret board on top and bottom
  • Start flat then bevel inwards to fret board front then repeat till level
  • Use finer file to finish then bevel file to complete

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Fitting Fretboard

  • Block planed top of body till fret board level with neck and sound board. Plane VERY finely set
  • Orbital sand front and sides till smooth
  • Planed and used cabinet scrapers on fret board till it sat flush on sound board
  • Drilled 2 x 1.5 mm holes in back of fret board and inserted two nails and cut off to act as locating pins
  • Glued fret board to neck and clamped with 4 ‘G’ clamps
  • Fret board moved slightly so had to use clamps sideways to relocate
  • Fretboard
  • Neck
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