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In this episode, Ben is working on the neck of the guitar. He goes from an uncut fretboard, finally cured from its Cactus Juice soaking; to a neck ready to be carved and have frets installed.
This guitar is being made using a very soft wood and as such the neck is stabilised with both the usual truss rod and carbon fibre stiffening rods.
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction & a recap
0:36 Unclamping & thicknessing the fretboard
3:00 The problems with really softwood
4:14 Working on the neck & headstock
6:43 Another masking tape trick...for templates
7:40 On to the Router table & the Oscillating Belt Sander
9:15 Installing the truss rod and stiffening carbon fibre rods into the neck
11:07 Routing the truss rod channel
12:41 Using small chisels to clean up the channels
14:38 Gluing in the stiffening rods, *safely*
15:34 How Ben stops the truss rod rattling under the fretboard
17:00 Gluing on the fretboard
18:35 Clamps! And clean up the excess
19:46 Declamping the neck
20:44 Removing the excess on the neck and fretboard
22:16 On the belt sander taking the headstock to the correct thickness
23:10 Radiusing the fretboard with a hand plane
24:40 Then on to a radius sanding block & talking about carving the neck
26:32 Quiet while Ben films & a look ahead
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