I started on the neck this morning. You have to build the neck first. My idea is to build this out of scrap material....or left over cuts, etc.
I’m doing a stacked neck. Actually, a laminated stacked neck. Yep, ramping up the level of difficulty right from the start. Since I’ve never done this before, we’re all going to learn this part together.
I’ve decided on a walnut, white oak, cherry, white oak, walnut lamination. Why? Why not?
Here is the rough WO strip.
Two strips s4s.
Two strips planed to the same thickness.
WO sandwiching the cherry strip
I spent some time chasing what I thought was a plane track for a while...aggravating. Eventually I thought to run the sole of the plane and found this...the spot was there when I bought the plane but I nicked a screw head I was using as a planing stop last night. A mill bastard file quickly took care of the problem but it’s a good lesson to remember. Always break the edges around the sole to remove any sharp edges and burrs.
The parts for the stacked heel lamination. Yes, it would have been easier and quicker to make a longer neck lamination and cut off the parts for the heel, but I didn’t have any scrap walnut sections long enough (actually I did but didn’t like the grain orientation/runout of the pieces).
Same procedure as the neck...
Take the time to check your grain and orient the pieces accordingly. It will save you more time and aggravation if you do it now and avoid having to deal with tearout. Also check you orientation BEFORE you glue. I know we all know this but I included this for a reason....3 guesses why.
All glued up...I glued the walnut and oak strips together first, then glued the cherry in between those laminations.
It's gonna look awesome...
