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First build complete! 32" scale 5 string


benh

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Carefully marked and cut the fret slots - as I don't have the funds or inclination to buy a slotting jig, I marked each position with a marking knife, and cut the slot using a set square to keep the saw dead level - measured after cutting and all lines up as it should (phew!)

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32 minutes ago, benh said:

Carefully marked and cut the fret slots - as I don't have the funds or inclination to buy a slotting jig, I marked each position with a marking knife, and cut the slot using a set square to keep the saw dead level - measured after cutting and all lines up as it should (phew!)

Nothing wrong with that :) 

For oddball sizes / multi-scale. etc, I also mark out and cut by hand.  

Looking good, @benh

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11 minutes ago, Andyjr1515 said:

Nothing wrong with that :) 

For oddball sizes / multi-scale. etc, I also mark out and cut by hand.  

Looking good, @benh

Thanks @Andyjr1515 - glad to know I'm not alone 🙂 although I'd never dream of putting myself in the same league as your esteemed self!

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The angle of this photo makes it look way more tapered than it is, but tapered the fretboard this evening with the plane. Rightly or wrongly, my plan is to use it as a "template" for routing the neck blank to width once I've taken it something like with the jigsaw (once I've routed the truss rod slot - that's the next job I think, and the scariest so far)

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1 minute ago, Andyjr1515 said:

 

The reason I do such detailed build threads is so I don't forget on the present build what I forgot on the previous build  :D

Good thinking! Although knowing me, I'd forget to read the previous thread 🙃

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On 10/03/2021 at 23:38, Geek99 said:

Nice - go for it. Keep us posted 

start your “coloured wood dust”collection with this build and soon you’ll have a wall full just like @Andyjr1515

Started my dust collection from the fretboard!

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18 hours ago, Geek99 said:

And don’t forget to get the pixies to bless it whilst you’re there - they love everything dust-related 

If Man is five, If Man is five
If Man is five, then the Devil is six
Then the Devil is six, the Devil is six
The Devil is six, and if the Devil is six
Then God is seven, then God is seven
Then God is seven

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Changed my mind regarding the inlay. Not much space on the headstock as it is, and may be a little too busy with the spalted top. So 12th fret it is, sketched a new design and cut from the black MOP blank. Needs the edges cleaning up, but I think it'll look OK!

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