Truss Rod Not Adding Backbow?

[rubber314chicken]

I am building my guitar, and I put a one way trussrod in, and added a curved filler strip, however it doesn't get and back bow when I tension the rod. What is wrong? I tried adding a little oil, but that doesn't help.

[Bainzy]

I am building my guitar, and I put a one way trussrod in, and added a curved filler strip, however it doesn't get and back bow when I tension the rod. What is wrong? I tried adding a little oil, but that doesn't help.

I just had the same problem:

http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.php?showtopic=30988

what stage are you in constructing the neck? Have you trimmed the sides to the final width, and/or carved the back of the neck out? What style of channel did you go with (even curve or flatter at the body end, what depth etc)?

I felt that my problem might have been because I pressed the filler strip in too hard, and after removing the strip today it did seem to be pressed in very hard.

[rubber314chicken]

I just cut a flat slot on my table saw (made it deeper in the middle), a little wider than the rod, and installed it. the neck is all cut. the problem was that the filler strip glue oozed, and spread all along the truss rod. so I pulled it out, cleaned the slot, and am gonna go with a hotro, just to avoid the whole gluing (and to have a 2-way truss rod)

[RGman]

I route the channel with a curved template, then make the filler strip to the template. I found that a standard flat slot doesn't work when i was attempting my first neck