moojiefulagin Posted December 18, 2003 Report Share Posted December 18, 2003 Hi everyone! I'm hoping to make a few wooden templates to check the shape of the back of the neck at different points along the neck while I'm shaping it. Does anyone know where I could find the pattern to make such templates? I'm having trouble copying the shape from my guitar. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southpa Posted December 18, 2003 Report Share Posted December 18, 2003 I figure you'd spend just as much time, if not more, making curved wooden templates as you would carving the actual neck. I take LOTS of measurements and mark everything out. The rest is just shaping and sanding until it feels right. If there is a certain neck that you'd like to reproduce over and over again you might make a template out of some sort of formable material like fibreglass. Put a heavy layer of wax on the neck, lay on the fibreglass and then let it cure. There is a new process being used in the boatbuilding field called vaccuum infusion molding. After the material is laid down a plastic bag is put over the piece and all the air is sucked out with a strong vaccuum. Wax should prevent the mold(s) from sticking to the wood. You could then cut your mold into sections and check the progress of your shaping with each piece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted December 18, 2003 Report Share Posted December 18, 2003 play around with resizing these, then print them off and check them with a ruler... once you have them actual size then trace them onto your wood or what ever you'r going to make the template out of... http://www.warmoth.com/common/frames/guitarneck.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moojiefulagin Posted December 18, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2003 Thanks guys! That was EXACTLY what I was looking for! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted December 18, 2003 Report Share Posted December 18, 2003 he's right though, it's going to take you a while to make a good set of templates, but if all you want is a specific neck over and over then go for it! otherwise i'de just print them off and cut the paper real good and use it carefully, no need to make a wooden template. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strummer2k Posted December 18, 2003 Report Share Posted December 18, 2003 For copying a neck shape, I have always thought this was a neat trick. http://www.stewmac.com/tradesecrets/necks_...s36borges2.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted December 18, 2003 Report Share Posted December 18, 2003 Contour guages do the same thing and you can pick them up in almost any hardware store, I got mine at Lowes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarMaestro Posted December 18, 2003 Report Share Posted December 18, 2003 Brain ist right here....Use a contour guage....They are cheap and its very easy to get the profile of the neck on paper with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitarfrenzy Posted December 18, 2003 Report Share Posted December 18, 2003 Ditto on the contour guage.. they work great, just put it up to the part of the neck you want the contour on, and then compare it to the neck your working on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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