Sunday, March 15, 2009

Roy and Rufus Neck Tapering

Yesterday, some tapering of the headstock and neck was done using a Wagner Safety Planner and drill press (picture). This tool allows one to plane down one surface (back of the headstock) to match the other (veneered player's side). You can also use this tool to taper a piece of wood. In the second picture you can see a jig to the right. This piece of oak has a taper to it, and this is what I want the guitar neck to have. Again using the Wagner with the neck taped to the jig I run it under the planner until i have my desired thickness. You can see in the picture that one end of the neck is thicker than the other. This is what I want.


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