eddiewarlock Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 (edited) Ok I laminated a new neck and it's almost ready, in fact i could glue up the wings right now if it wasn't for a small problem: I laminated a 3 pieces neck, purpleheart, mahogany, purpleheart, so, they measure : 2.1 cm, 2 cm, and 2,7 cm, usually i like to have like all 3 sides of the same width or , have the outer pieces wider than the center one, but of the same width ( Ex. Pupleheart 2,5, mahogany 2cm, and purpleheart 2,5 cm) , my question is, does it affect the neck lamination in any way that one of the outer laminates is wider than the other one? ( the other purpleheart one) I don't joint my necks, i always take them to a wood shop and i'm around to explain the guys what to do, this time, this happened... I don't wanna add stringers like a bc rich, i mean, that would be a solution, i could have the other side paned to 2,1 cm, add stringers to compensate width and that'd be cool, but i really don't wanna do it... Thanks guys Edited August 14, 2007 by eddiewarlock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 Saw it in half down the centre, flip the sides up 90°, taper the central laminate towards the headstock and reglue. Either that or: does it affect the neck lamination in any way that one of the outer laminates is wider than the other one? No. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Mailloux Posted August 15, 2007 Report Share Posted August 15, 2007 I laminated a 3 pieces neck, purpleheart, mahogany, purpleheart, so, they measure : 2.1 cm, 2 cm, and 2,7 cm I feel bad for you, filing and sanding all that purpleheart. You couldn't pay me enough to do that job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddiewarlock Posted August 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2007 I laminated a 3 pieces neck, purpleheart, mahogany, purpleheart, so, they measure : 2.1 cm, 2 cm, and 2,7 cm I feel bad for you, filing and sanding all that purpleheart. You couldn't pay me enough to do that job hahaha, purpleheart is not that bad!! I just use a rasp to carve purpleheart necks and a spokeshave, i don't think it's THAT hard sanding it is way harder though...but still Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmrentis Posted August 15, 2007 Report Share Posted August 15, 2007 I just did some conversions on a neat little page Jon linked to that does all that fun stuff in metric to imperial. And I was just curious what your final neck width will end up? If you add the 2.1+2+2.1 obviously you get 6.2cm-into inches is 2.44094. My crappy ibanez neck is about 2 3/16 inches. If you were planning on this type of neck you actually keep a regular center line in the middle of your middle laminate. But you must make sure what you are planning on and if that will work in your plans. 2 3/16" is around 5.56 cm So you'll be removing around 1/4 inch total between both sides at the widest part/heel. Anyhow, just throwing out some math for ya, just in case. See what your other necks are and if you have an Ibanez, you might even have one at 2 3/16" and if you made it the same size at those you could still use the center of the middle lamination as you centerline, I believe. Just a thought, hope you get it all worked out and I bet this will be one cool neck, best wishes man. J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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