Thanks for the vid. Will be interesting to see the completed amp. For neck carving try a spokeshave. They work very well. Or you could try an an angle grinder with an 80 grit flap disc. Great for rough shaping the neck if you're feeling adventurous but if it gets away from you it's very easy to take a fair divot out of it. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Great stuff I usually sand the neck to 2500 grit ( yep, 2500 ) before applying any finish, haven’t seen any blotching and the entire neck is smooth as glass
That is awesome. I thought about taking the neck to 1200 grit on my unfinished cbg. Have you had that success with different species or just one in particular. This cbg neck in the video is red oak. It doesn't show up as a possible blotchy stainer, so that isn't as much of a concern as the open grain. It almost needs a grain filler, or it will take a lot of lacquer and sanding on the finish. Thanks for watching. Thanks for the comment, you gave me a lot to think about. Cheers
Yep, sand all species of wood that I use, walnut, maple, red oak, mahogany, Zebra…. After all the rough work and some limited success with a concave and straight spoke shave. Use the same technique as you do with raising the grain by damping the wood, letting it dry, sand, wipe it down, check smoothness …repeat Start at 100, then 150, 220, 320, 400, 600, 1000, 1500, 2000, 2500. Is it overkill? Yeah maybe I think by the time you get to 1000 it’s pretty smooth after that it’s more polishing than sanding, you shouldn’t be removing that much wood at that point. I am certainly no expert on subject just sharing my experience, in the end, it’s all about the feel of the neck in your hand. Hope this helps
Looking forward to discovering the construction of the amp!
That's cool. I had fun working on it and I learned a lot. Thanks and thanks for watching.
Thanks for the vid. Will be interesting to see the completed amp. For neck carving try a spokeshave. They work very well. Or you could try an an angle grinder with an 80 grit flap disc. Great for rough shaping the neck if you're feeling adventurous but if it gets away from you it's very easy to take a fair divot out of it. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
After playing with the draw knife, I'm getting a spokeshave. I think it would be easier to shape the neck to headstock area. Thanks for watching!
Flat bottom or round bottom. Both !
Great stuff
I usually sand the neck to 2500 grit ( yep, 2500 ) before applying any finish, haven’t seen any blotching and the entire neck is smooth as glass
That is awesome. I thought about taking the neck to 1200 grit on my unfinished cbg. Have you had that success with different species or just one in particular. This cbg neck in the video is red oak. It doesn't show up as a possible blotchy stainer, so that isn't as much of a concern as the open grain. It almost needs a grain filler, or it will take a lot of lacquer and sanding on the finish. Thanks for watching. Thanks for the comment, you gave me a lot to think about. Cheers
Yep, sand all species of wood that I use, walnut, maple, red oak, mahogany, Zebra….
After all the rough work and some limited success with a concave and straight spoke shave.
Use the same technique as you do with raising the grain by damping the wood, letting it dry, sand, wipe it down, check smoothness …repeat
Start at 100, then 150, 220, 320, 400, 600, 1000, 1500, 2000, 2500.
Is it overkill? Yeah maybe I think by the time you get to 1000 it’s pretty smooth after that it’s more polishing than sanding, you shouldn’t be removing that much wood at that point. I am certainly no expert on subject just sharing my experience, in the end, it’s all about the feel of the neck in your hand.
Hope this helps
@200feetup6 Thank you for the reply, I appreciate that. I bet figured maple would look awesome like that. Thanks for sharing!
I bought a Shinto Saw Rasp for shaping. It has really cut my time down
It is on my short shopping list and moving up to the top.
Shaping a neck? where’s that at? I see no nothing on shaping a damn neck!
04:12 - 4:40 Thanks for Watching!