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I thought I would add my two bits. When you are re-fretting an old Fender strat, you need to remember that the fretts were slid in through the slot, and and not hammered in. This means that when you are pulling fretts from a strat, you have to be extra carefull because, by pulling them up the fret tangs will pull up pieces of your fretboard.

Hello I have been building for more than six years now. Most of my work is done traditionaly. I have tried shaping neck with a spokeshave. I wasn't all that enamoured with the tool. Maybe because the spokeshave that I have belonged to my grandfather who was a carpenter a million years ago. Possibly if I picked up a newer tool it may work better. THe way I shape necks is with a rasp. You can get these anywhere and they are cheap to purchase. You can shape the neck quite quickly with the rasp. A trick that I learned at Timeless Instruments where I learned to build was to draw a pattern on thick paper. Draw seververal radius patterns for spots along the neck. Also a new trick that I discovered through trial and error is to use a cabinet scraper to finish off the neck. It worked beautifully for me. P.S. I am also new to this site and have found mounds of information to help me out. Thanks!