{"id":336,"date":"2012-04-25T18:27:53","date_gmt":"2012-04-25T18:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidfinck.com\/blog\/?p=336"},"modified":"2018-01-05T14:07:04","modified_gmt":"2018-01-05T14:07:04","slug":"guitar-26-8th-installment-the-neck-contd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidfinck.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/25\/guitar-26-8th-installment-the-neck-contd\/","title":{"rendered":"Guitar 26 — 8th Installment — The Neck (cont’d)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Before\u00a0 with continuing neck shaping, a quick mention: tonight, 9 PM EST the benefit auction of my 17-inch red oak jointer plane closes.\u00a0 The current high bid is at $355.\u00a0 The beneficiary, the James Krenov Scholarship Fund<\/strong> at the College of the Redwoods Fine Woodworking Program. See my News and New Work web page<\/a> for details on participating.<\/p>\n

The heel is roughly carved:
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Then the neck\/peg-head junction:\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The neck is planed to near final thickness at the peg-head end.
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\"\"<\/a>After tapering the neck uniformly to the heel, shaping the contours with draw-knife and spokeshave begins.
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More refinement with a variety of cutting tools.
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Closing in on the final heel shape
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Neck\/peg-head transition rough shaping
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Shaped and polished.
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The heel has been final shaped. Final fit of the heel to body is double-checked.
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\"\"<\/a>The neck is completely shaped and has its first of several coats of oil and varnish mixture finish.<\/p>\n

Until next time.<\/em><\/p>\n

df<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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