Pain in the custom neck

[fleabag]

11.36mm, bottom of A string roller groove to back of base plate.  Saddle at lowest point

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited April 23, 2022 by fleabag

[Andyjr1515]

1 hour ago, fleabag said:

11.36mm, bottom of A string roller groove to back of base plate.  Saddle at lowest point

 

 

 

 

 

 

Perfect - thanks

[Andyjr1515]

Excellent - no gaps

 

 

Edited April 23, 2022 by Andyjr1515

[Andyjr1515]

And so this is broadly what I have in mind (this is a mockup - as the neck is going to be black, the shelf will probably be ebony rather than the maple shown here):

 

I will be cutting a short saw slot into the neck heel for the base plate to slide into and be glued.  The overhang will be, in turn, glued to that and then the fret popped back into its slot. 

 

 

When the neck is fitted, the plate will remain dry fitted to the body but should fully fill the gap under the overhang.

 

When the neck is removed, the plate should add some strength and support to the overhang which would otherwise only be held on by a mm of richlite.

[Andyjr1515]

Yes - I know.  This is like watching paint dry - or more accurately, like watching epoxy set....  

 

So, for those who aren't comatose from boredom, the heel is slotted, the overhang has been epoxied to the ebony back plate, and the whole assembly, including fret 22, is now being epoxied to the neck, with the cling film in the pocket to prevent the whole thing being epoxied to the test body:

 

 

 

If this all works, it will be a minor miracle - I'll know in the next hour 

 

But if it does work, we're almost there...which, trust me, will be a blessed relief to all of us 

 

 

 

[Andyjr1515]

Yup - happy with that:

 

So left to do:

- Tuner holes

- Side Luminlays

- Fret level and recrown

- Final sand

- Fiebings stain

 

**post post

- trussrod cover magnets

- nut/spacer cut and groove

 

Edited April 26, 2022 by Andyjr1515

[fleabag]

*** Post Post Post

 

Horlicks, Werthers Original, Slippers, TV

[Richard R]

*** Post post post post:

 

 

[mixingwithtom]

On 23/04/2022 at 15:33, Andyjr1515 said:

Excellent - no gaps

 

 

Great work as ever - and that’s why they call him Andy “No gaps, No naps” Rogers..!! 😅🤣
 

 

 

[Andyjr1515]

And so there goes my last stick of Luminlay:

 

 

 

 

Farewell, sweet Luminlay - I hope he treats you gently 

 

 

Very sad...

 

...but, heck,  it's another one crossed off the To Do list!            

[Joe Nation]

On 23/04/2022 at 13:19, fleabag said:

digital verniers

*engaging pedant mode*

That's a misnomer - those are digital calipers. Vernier calipers use a sliding subsidiary scale alongside the conventional graduated scale, with a graduation of n+1 increments over the length of n graduations of the conventional scale (eg 10 graduations over 9mm). This allows for interpolation of more accurate measurements. Wiki

*disengaging pedant mode*

 

Lovely work Andy.

[andyaber]

34 minutes ago, Joe Nation said:

That's a misnomer - those are digital calipers. Vernier calipers use a sliding subsidiary scale alongside the conventional graduated scale, with a graduation of n+1 increments over the length of n graduations of the conventional scale (eg 10 graduations over 9mm). This allows for interpolation of more accurate measurements.

Weren't they named after Alice Cooper?   🙂

[fleabag]

Vincent Caliper ?

[andyaber]

3 minutes ago, fleabag said:

Vincent Caliper ?

Furnier  😉

[SpondonBassed]

1 hour ago, fleabag said:

Vincent Caliper ?

 

1 hour ago, andyaber said:

Furnier  😉

 

What?  Furrier than Vincent Caliper?

[andyaber]

3 minutes ago, SpondonBassed said:

What?  Furrier than Vincent Caliper?

Was the Vincent Caliper the 500cc single or one of the big V twins?  

[Andyjr1515]

Probably time to change the subject 

 

Trussrod cover magnets in/on   :

 

Check is complete for full allen key movement and withdrawal:

 

So that's another item off the To Do list 

 

 

 

          

Edited April 27, 2022 by Andyjr1515

[fleabag]

Sweetness

Nearly time for me to feck up the drilling of the heel for thread inserts

 

 

[andyaber]

58 minutes ago, Andyjr1515 said:

Probably time to change the subject 

 

Trussrod cover magnets in/on   :

 

Check is complete for full allen key movement and withdrawal:

 

So that's another item off the To Do list 

 

 

 

          

Brilliant.

[Andyjr1515]

Next, the spacer.  Because it has a zero fret, this is needed simply to ensure the strings are positioned and spaced properly at the nut.  @fleabag had supplied me with a Graphtec blank which was cut, radiused, grooved and a drop-away filed to maintain the break angle :

 

 

The grooves actually line up with my original pencil markings, which is a total surprise pleasing 

 

Another one off the to-do list

 

 

 

[pete.young]

On 27/04/2022 at 13:41, andyaber said:

Weren't they named after Alice Cooper?   🙂

Peirre Vernier. Who invented the scale in 1631, so clearly a brilliant man ahead of his time. It was probably another 150 years before the machine tools existed that could make a Vernier Caliper.

[Fishman]

On 15/04/2022 at 00:59, fleabag said:

My new route is Fiebings black leather dye

You won't be disappointed with the Fiebings black dye – I tested four or five different wood dyes and stains including the Crimson one and they all had some show-through – the Fiebings is super-black at the first coat – it goes on nice and even. I should really finish the bass I used it on – see the dye here:

 

Edited May 5, 2022 by Fishman

[Stub Mandrel]

On 27/04/2022 at 13:05, Joe Nation said:

*engaging pedant mode*

That's a misnomer - those are digital calipers. Vernier calipers use a sliding subsidiary scale alongside the conventional graduated scale, with a graduation of n+1 increments over the length of n graduations of the conventional scale (eg 10 graduations over 9mm). This allows for interpolation of more accurate measurements. Wiki

*disengaging pedant mode*

 

Lovely work Andy.

 

Having looked at this in sickening detail,  digital calipers use two etched capacitative scales of different pitches that function in the same way as an etched vernier scale.

[Joe Nation]

Well I never knew that. So perhaps it's not quite such a misnomer after all...

[Fishman]

9 hours ago, Fishman said:

My new route is Fiebings black leather dye

 

I should also add that all the others I tested had either a warm or cold tint – the Fiebings is neutral, and very black!