How I carve guitar necks - Building DC Guitars - Episode 22
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- Опубликовано: 18 май 2020
- I demonstrate how I carve a guitar neck using a combination of micro planes, Iwasaki files and scrapers. Please click like if you find the information useful. I am aiming to upload episodes of the DC (double cut) build series weekly, please subscribe for future videos.
Here are some links to the microplanes I use, the below links are affiliate links:
USA
Corse blade + handle - rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-532...
Fine blade - rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-532...
UK
Corse blade + handle - rover.ebay.com/rover/1/710-534...
Fine blade - rover.ebay.com/rover/1/710-534...
Iwasaki file:
UK - amzn.to/2WQGYRg
Intro music by Grudgewood - / grudgewood
Outro music by The Crushing - / thecrushingband
website - www.adfinlaysonguitaars.co.uk
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29:54 That's the whole point, right there. Great video by the way.
It sure is
Spot on. It's difficult to get the whole process in concisely without it getting too boring. I think you've pulled it off again.
Thanks bud, I just need to learn how not to look like an axe-murderer on camera and I'm all set.
Shaping up nicely! Sandpaper around a dowel is perfect for those curves, thanks for sharing!
Thanks, just works to get rid of any marks left over from the scrapers. Just checked out your mustang demo, you make some awesome guitars.
By not establishing the depth of the neck first you make it more difficult than it is. The first thing I do when the neck is still square is plane/rasp/file the depth of the neck perfectly flat. I just did it on my bass neck : 21mm at 1st fret 24mm at 12th fret taper and dead straight from the 1st fret to just before the heel transition. This is the first facet and the center line that I never touch again until the sanding stage. I make it keep +0.5mm than the final dimensions I want. Then I cut the other facets perfectly flat and the neck is almost done ! Of course I work the transitions at the heel and nut at the same time I cut the facet. It must be done as you progress on the rest of the neck, at least In my opinion.
True, but by leaving the neck wood oversized, if there is any movement I'm sorted.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
looking real good
Really enjoying your work awesome videos !
Thanks Morgan, glad you're enjoying them :)
I think I did lines level with the centre line... but not with any strategy so it's good to hear from someone who knows what they're doing :) I did enjoy using a shinto rasp, but it does dig in further than you expect if you're not used to it. That microplane reminds me of the Stanley surform I have which could be handy when I do neck. Cheers.
Yeah I didn't articulate it very well but basically the neck shape starts off rounder at the nut and gradually becomes slightly more V shaped as it reaches the heel. If you get stuck on a camping holiday and only have your toolbox, the microplane is also ideal for grating cheese ;)
@@ADFinlayson That reminds me, I have one spare drill bit that lives in the kitchen specifically for coconuts :)
👍👍👍Thanks for a nice and interesting video.
you could bring much more feeling into the filing if the neck was rigidly fixed
I use a pattern makers vice for neck carving these days
I started carving my neck last night, like you said I tried a few different rasps and a micro plane, in the end I found that actually using scrapers took away more material, left a lively finish and to me felt the easiest, what are your thoughts on using scrapers for carving necks?
Interesting, I do like scrapers but they don't remove a lot of material compared to a rasp.
What was the compound you added to the spindle sander before removing the waste material at the start? 🙂
That's a sanding belt cleaning block to unclog the sandpaper of dust, it's a must have for any powered sanding tool mate, it makes the sanding bobbins last 10 times as long and the blocks only cost a few quid. amzn.to/2ZAM7xp
@@ADFinlayson thanks for the tip mate, I just got this exact bobbin sander so I’ll pick some of those up!
22 episodes? for 1guitar?.. sorry..
2 guitars
What’s your point? He’s explaining all of the processes in depth?