In this Video we will be using both hand tools and power tools to Cut the scarf joint, plane the surfaces true and glue up the headstock with wings. #guitarbuilding #electricguitar
First one of your videos I have seen but I can already tell your channel is going to be full of useful tips for me. I am a big fan of keeping everything simple (and cheap) by avoiding pointless and expensive machines and jigs etc. Love it.
Bet the hand plane work is responsible for the leaning stripes. I enjoy a well set up hand plane, and I use them in every build. I intend to get a quality one sometime. But I still have issues sometimes with them. Just how It goes. Those stripes leaning won’t be noticeable when it’s done I think. But man.. if it were me.. I would be thoroughly displeased..but I’m a perfectionist like that. We craftsman types are never 100% happy with our work, no matter how good it actually is. That’s the artists plight. In any case, really digging the vids man!
You got that right those leaning stripes hurt my feelings for a bit but probably won’t matter in the end. I’m definitely going to watch that next time!
that tapered laminate neck is flat out sweet. nice work. i missed this build last year. i like the color of the body you showed in an earlier vid, now i have to see that episode. i want a guitar that color.
Great video! I think the slight skew was great. It isnt' obvious but it shows its handmade nature. I don't know if you' already use them, but two other hand tools that can really make a difference is a high angle plane and cabinet/card scraper. They can get very clean severed fiber results like a regular hand plane, but they can handle very figured wood that a regular hand plane bedded at 45deg can't. An alternative to a high angle plane is having a second plane blade with a 90deg bevel so it scrapes instead of cutting.
Nicely done my friend! Stuff does happen and there is nothing at all structural with that slight angle to worry about on the neck. I use a block plane very well for some apps but my shelix equipped jointer is stellar for the big work. I did a short video from the GGBO series of truing up the head angle on the jointer. Search it on my channel if you're interested. Again David, you do absolutely beautiful work. Well thought out and executed. Your neck radius/ truss rod jig is brilliant and the one I made from your idea works much better than what I did before. Thanks brother.
Luthiers seem to build a lot of unnecessary jigs at times ... When i was researching scarf joints i see tons of videos on jigs and i was asking myself, surely you can just use a hand plane and have it perfect in 2 minutes !!! I did a lot of milling with hand planes so maybe it comes natural to me to keep things square , but its a great skill to have
Man, I really enjoy watching your videos. I’m edging towards starting to believe that I might be able to build a guitar. Seeing how to do it properly in your videos really helps. Cheers from UK 👍
im building my wn right now but i opted for a tele style straight headstock, the scarf joint looks cool tho i think ill do it if i can do the tele style right
Thank you again for doing this. I really don't think the leaning laminate pieces will matter. You won't even see that when the neck gets glued in! Awesome job.
I think that by using rather thin neck pieces that may have varying level of moisture you are bound to get minor warpage. Once the neck gets its final radius the warpage should be less noticeable. I am sure that with the sheen from the poly accentuating the maple flaming it will be great. Keep up the fantastic content.
Another great and informative video. Wish I would have seen this before I made my first scarf joint. Let's just say it didn't go so well 😃. Really appreciate this series.
Hey Dave - Another good video. Don't worry about the laminates being slightly off square, once the neck is fitted to the body and the heel shaped you will not see that. It's a good neck which must not be wasted so stress not and carry on. Wishing you a merry Christmas and New Year. Regards Dave J.
