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Preparing The Neck Plank - Getting The Correct Neck Width Before Continuing To The Next Jobs - Day Four
Building a classical guitar without power tools requires an extra dose of patience. It's been a few days already since I started working to get the neck plank on the right shape. And today, is no different.
The first job to be done was to bring the neck thickness to 18mm. There were a few areas still on the neck that were not quite there, therefore, I needed to do more sanding to reach the correct level. I started around 12:45 and at 13:40 I managed to get to the correct thickness level across the neck plank. Job done!
The next job is now to get the correct width on the plank. 75mm is the goal, so that I have then all faces clean and parallel. To do this job, I used the shooting board that I put together (see construction details here). I started with a plank of 82mm.
After around two hours of work, with some stops in between, I managed to get to the 75mm width with the side faces very flat and perpendicular to the top and bottom faces. This was one of the most satisfying jobs so far. Planing the Brazilian cedar plank was very pleasant. The wood smell was like an aromatherapy, and the removal of thin shaves of wood on each smooth pass was also very nice! For this job I used a Jack Plane, Nr. 5.
You can watch a small video here of this process.
And below you can find an image of the final state. Job done!
The first job to be done was to bring the neck thickness to 18mm. There were a few areas still on the neck that were not quite there, therefore, I needed to do more sanding to reach the correct level. I started around 12:45 and at 13:40 I managed to get to the correct thickness level across the neck plank. Job done!
The next job is now to get the correct width on the plank. 75mm is the goal, so that I have then all faces clean and parallel. To do this job, I used the shooting board that I put together (see construction details here). I started with a plank of 82mm.
After around two hours of work, with some stops in between, I managed to get to the 75mm width with the side faces very flat and perpendicular to the top and bottom faces. This was one of the most satisfying jobs so far. Planing the Brazilian cedar plank was very pleasant. The wood smell was like an aromatherapy, and the removal of thin shaves of wood on each smooth pass was also very nice! For this job I used a Jack Plane, Nr. 5.
You can watch a small video here of this process.
And below you can find an image of the final state. Job done!
Now, onto the next job: Cutting The Neck Scarf Head Join