Cutting Out Neck Without A Bandsaw...

[angry_jeremy]

Yo,

I'm in the middle of the (interesting) process of trying to cut out my neck without the use of a bandsaw. The neck is a one-piece job with an angled headstock. I managed to hog out the profile (?) by chain drilling on a drill press. Time consuming, but when you have lemons... The next challenge is to cut the shape of the neck and head out. I may be able to get my hands on a jig saw but I'm wondering how to handle the angle on the head and still have the head shape square to it's face (make sense?). I'll try to post a pic later on today of the situation.

[Devon Headen]

Any way you go about that is going to be difficult. It would've been a LOT easier if you scarf jointed the headstock. Other than that all I can say is good luck. You should probably be able to draw the angle on the neck, hand saw almost to the line, then use a plane to clean it up and get it to the line. Then again, if you don't have a bandsaw, you might not have a suitable handsaw, or a plane.

[lmmr]

i don't have a bandsaw also so i went to a carpenter shop and ask them to cut the portion of the headstock to a 13º angle, then i used this jig to smooth the joint, i was working on a scarfed joint but i guess the same principle applies.

[ThePlague]

there's a tutorial on the main site where a guy shows how he made a neck using a hand saw to cut the profile and headstock angle. i can't remember if he tapered it with the hand saw though.

[ibreakemineedtobuildem]

I've only built 6 necks,but I only used a bandsaw once.The others I just used a handsaw and a straight edge to cut against.Then a little block sanding.

[angry_jeremy]

I ended up being able to use a scroll saw, taking it slow (especially around the heel). Next step: clean 'er up.