Brian Posted January 29, 2003 Report Share Posted January 29, 2003 Which would you choose as your router bit of choice for the neck itself? 1'' Radius X 1-1/4'' High Round Over Bit 1-1/8'' Radius X 1-3/8'' High Round Over 1-1/4'' Radius X 1-1/2'' High Round Over Best I can tell the thinner necks like on Jackson's and Ibanez's have a 1-3/16" radius, but I'm not positive......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jehle Posted January 29, 2003 Report Share Posted January 29, 2003 Which would you choose as your router bit of choice for the neck itself? 1'' Radius X 1-1/4'' High Round Over Bit 1-1/8'' Radius X 1-3/8'' High Round Over 1-1/4'' Radius X 1-1/2'' High Round Over Best I can tell the thinner necks like on Jackson's and Ibanez's have a 1-3/16" radius, but I'm not positive......... Are you actually talking about using a roundover bit to shape the back of the neck? Do they make bits for that for a router? From everything I've seen, people have been carving the neck shape with rasps and spoke shaves. What's the scoop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted January 29, 2003 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2003 It just save's time..............compaired to doing it all by hand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jehle Posted January 29, 2003 Report Share Posted January 29, 2003 The funny thing is... I've never actually seen anyone do that. There's a picture in the Melvyn Hiscock (god... that name) about the Wal bass neck being made like this, but it basically says... Don't do this unless you want to remove your fingers. Maybe I'm being thick here, but I'd like to see some pictures of the process. Do you still have to do a lot of manual shaping, or does the router do it all for you? I also figure that since I'm going to have to get a router anyway as my work continues, I might as well learn to use it for the right things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted January 30, 2003 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2003 When I finally get to that point I'll be sure to take all the pictures you need to see It's going to be awhile though since I'm just piece'n the tools together now. Just so you know when you get up to this size of a router bit your getting pretty close to $100 just for one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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