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In conjuntion with an Inclinometer and Myka's Neck Pocket Jig i'd say this would be the best way to go about making a neck angle

i use this saw rasp for rough shaping and i get great results with it, it only takes you 30 minutes to rough cut an arm and belly contour on a body with this animal.

i used one of those, bought it from axminster, didn't like it much though, mine went dull pretty fast and i was just testing it of mdf templates..

another idea for reducing size is use a smaller scale length, like putting a capo on the 5th fret, take that as the nut and work out the measurements from there.

There are special surface trim bits that you can use, if you want, i used the biggest bit i had and it worked just fine

i had the some problem and i solved it by using the router, make up a base for the router to ride on, plunge to router until the bit touches the face of the fingerboard plus a little bit more and cut, then keep lowering the router little bits at a time until you reach the desired thickness.

GuitarMaestro: That's probably it, i think he's using a neck from another guitar so this would be the most direct way to go about it

it's looking pretty good so far, just a question, isn't the headstock a little too thick? what kind of tuners are you going to use? About radiusing, is there such a thing as a 12" radius scraper, i'm thinking that such a scraper would yield much better results than a sanding block, plus it would be much easier to check when the fretboard reaches the correct radius and taking out high spots

what about stability issues? you're gonna have a pretty wide neck, can a single truss rod cut it?

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.

just curious, would a normal drill press be adequate to serve as a substitute for a regular arbor press? edit: typo

thanks jay5, really cool stuff! i just finished my first fretting job, this would/will definitely come in handy!

Now this is what i call a great link! Been looking for a long time for a decent wood supplier in Europe with accessible prices, thanks a bunch helge!

that's pretty cool indeed, i destroyed my first neck due to the side load that is was putting and didn't even noticed it, until it was too late of course...

well, it sure has been a long time since my last update, this has a good reason, i had to toss the neck i was building, my home-made pattern sander was not sanding my neck square so i ended up with a neck with a taper across it's width, not very good for fitting it in the neck pocket. Here is a pic of the neck of where i'm at right now: The specs were changed a bit, i am now using an ebony fingerboard, i also used a ebony veneer on the headstock so i've got a maple neck completely covered in ebony. The board has been radiused (12") and the first 17 fret slots have been cut, 7 to go still. Also did some work on the body (sapelli), sanding it down to the line, next up is cutting the neck pocket, i'm using a Schaller 3D6 bridge, i'm not sure yet if i'm gonna put a neck angle in it or not. Hopefully will have some more pictures soon.