My 8 string build:)

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Good luck getting all that done properly and neatly in one night. The hole drilling is not as big of a deal, but the routing, shaping, sanding is. If you think that'll happen in one night without a problem, you definitely have not worked on instruments very much!

Take your time with this, dude. No point in wasting a nice neck because some routes came out ugly or the sanding was half-assed.

And you'll have a lot of sanding to do, in both the shaping and pre-finish sanding stages.

Wood finishing was never my strong suit (relative to metal/plastics), but you'll have to do more than just sand and then throw color on. There are a lot of options available, obviously, but color is not the first coat. It would be wise to talk to Mike about his preferred method (without a booth, obviously) as he'll have more experience with the various methods than most who post here.

I'll avoid giving my opinion on it, because as I said, it's not my strongest suit even if I have finished and refinished a number of instruments. I will say, though, that I do not like tung oil on stained finishes, because it will darken the color by quite a bit, and usually it'll add a very slight yellow/brown tint (very slight). Just something to take into account.
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The routing and drilling takes me about a night but the sanding yes usually does take longer but the rough routing and rough drilling dont take too long.;)
If oiling a black stain ends up darkening it so be it:)
 

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Adam said:
The routing and drilling takes me about a night but the sanding yes usually does take longer but the rough routing and rough drilling dont take too long.;)
If oiling a black stain ends up darkening it so be it:)
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Not to spoil your party Adam, but Angus is correct.:agreed:
The neck that I have made for you is slightly oversize in thickness where the wings glue on, and you will need to blend (or deck, if you want to call it that ) the neck to the wings.....both front and back after they are glued on.

I did this to allow for error, or "creaping" when you glue the wings on. You will thank me for this after you glue the wing on.:cool:

Also, without having the wings here , the heel is slightly oversized as well and will need to be blended.....so you have a good days worth of blending and sanding alone.

Take your time with it:yesway:
 
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msherman said:
Not to spoil your party Adam, but Angus is correct.:agreed:
The neck that I have made for you is slightly oversize in thickness where the wings glue on, and you will need to blend (or deck, if you want to call it that ) the neck to the wings.....both front and back after they are glued on.

I did this to allow for error, or "creaping" when you glue the wings on. You will thank me for this after you glue the wing on.:cool:

Also, without having the wings here , the heel is slightly oversized as well and will need to be blended.....so you have a good days worth of blending and sanding alone.

Take your time with it:yesway:
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I already figured out that the part of the neck that the wings would glue on would be thicker, the sanding/blending I know is going ot take a while, I was regarding to the routing and drilling wouldnt take me long, dont worry about it:wavey:
My Grandfather has been a woodworker for almost 60 years and is the one helping me on this project, so there shouldnt be too many if any problems.
I might end up spending a week on the sanding and blending, but like you said Mike I will take my time:agreed:
Could you post some pics of it Mike?
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I found this older shitty photo of the neck blank and F/B before I worked it.
This is all I could find on my home computer.
I`ll post the finished neck tomorrow when I`m at the shop.
 
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Adam said:
Ok, Great! Thanks again Mike:bowdown:
P.S- Sorry if Ive been coming off as impatient/annoying about the build progress and pics, I'm just eager to continue this project.:)
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It`s ok ,Man, I understand.....you do get the award for the most emails during a build though:lol:
 
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Yes, these were taken before fretting and radiusing the F/B.

You can thank Steve (our resident "Big Toe" Super Mod) as I pirated his UV neck specs for the carve.:squint:
 
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Yes, these were taken before fretting and radiusing the F/B.

You can thank Steve (our resident "Big Toe" Super Mod) as I pirated his UV neck specs for the carve.:squint:
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Nice! So shes ready to ship out tommorow then? And
i hope that the plank is longer than wht is shown in the pic
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