S906_Twins the twins they are exhausted

So I found some incredible wood this week. Zebrawood board 9.5' x 12.5" x 4/4. Quartersawn. I had to make some guitars out of it.



My new stainless pins from MasterMcCarr make lining up scarfs easy.



Glued up and trued up.

Secret project...

Working on a secret project


It is pink now. But it will turn rich brown as the air gets to it.


Glued.

S907_Express fretboards

Fretboards.

S906_6 neck blank

More truing neck blanks. After using the scarf sled.



Now we true the neck old school.

V707_1 the big V

Khaya Body.


Khaya Neck.

Wood Score

S906_6 Starting the replacement...

With the Red Witch possibly on her way to a new home I need to start a new mostly Padauk 6 string. After ripping up all the wood for the Express models I had enough Padauk for a 6 string. I also decided to add some purple heart to the project to try something different.


Neck laminates.




Glued.


Worked out the scarf and glued it up.

S907_7 neck blank

Neck Blank.


Scarf.


This is the sled I am using to clean up the face of the scarf. In the past I have used the jointer but after last years tear-out incident and a few mishaps on the large sander I decided to try something different.



Using the router table is probably just as dangerous as any other method I have come up with. But I needed to do 10 necks in the same day. It worked very well with no tear-out and was pretty accurate. I was able to finish truing the faces in a few strokes on the cast iron sanding block.



Finished for the day...