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08-11-2005, 04:41 PM
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Owner and builder Clementbass | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Central Florida | | | Can anybody Radius a 3.75" Ebony fingerboard?
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08-11-2005, 05:02 PM
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Owner Fried Guitars Inc. | | | | | get a radius block from stew mac and put some work into it. thats how i do it |
08-11-2005, 05:03 PM
| | Schubie Fan #1 | | Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Ottawa, Ontario | | | I'm just finishing up a 3" radius on a birdseye maple fingerboard. Let me just say that it's a whole lot of work on maple, and ebony would be even more. I think the best results come from a radiused block and a whole lot of elbow grease, but I built a router jig to do it that worked to a point. Of course, it also gave me a whole lot of grief and I still have to put in a number of hours with the block and sandpaper, so I can't call it a complete success.
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08-11-2005, 05:11 PM
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Owner and builder Clementbass | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Central Florida | | "get a radius block from stew mac and put some work into it. thats how i do it"
With a board that wide?...  |
08-11-2005, 06:33 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Winnipeg, Canada | | | Hey Nateo, I think the guy is talking about a 3.75" wide board.
If it is then a radiused block like Stew-Mac sells is gonna be weird, but workable as it is not that wide. I would make my own radiusing board, but probably I'd try to rig up a jig to do it with a router. Something like Nateo built. At least to get it roughly to shape anyway. |
08-11-2005, 06:48 PM
| | I won't let your shadow be my shade... | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Western Massachusetts | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Geoff St. Germaine Hey Nateo, I think the guy is talking about a 3.75" wide board. | 
I was picturing a 3.75" RADIUS!!!!! My bad.
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08-11-2005, 09:16 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Texas, USSA | | I got a couple of 4" wide radius blocks from a luthier supply in Georgia, John Marshall, I think, he was very cool to deal with, and they only took about a week to get. Custom made, about $40-ish for the pair, IIRC...he sells on ebay a lot as well. Just email him, he'll make them that wide. I just looked on ebay, he has a set on there right now. Wide Radius Blocks |
08-12-2005, 02:07 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: lower mid Sweden | | | A radiusung jig for the router would save time, and sweat.
ref Martin Koch/JP/Hambone's jigs (same principle)
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08-12-2005, 10:00 AM
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Owner and builder Clementbass | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Central Florida | | | thanks but I don't want to make a jig just to do 1 fingerboard.t |
08-12-2005, 10:03 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Texas, USSA | | | Check that link in my post up above. |
08-12-2005, 10:17 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Texas, USSA | | I just clicked it, and it took me right in...  |
08-12-2005, 10:18 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: West Side SA | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Bassic83 I just clicked it, and it took me right in... | 
You beat me to it, it took a couple of more tries and the link worked. 
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08-12-2005, 10:51 AM
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Owner and builder Clementbass | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Central Florida | | | thanks but I would like longer than 5" if I was to buy them, and I am hoping somebody here has the jig to do it. |
08-12-2005, 11:24 AM
| | Schubie Fan #1 | | Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Ottawa, Ontario | | | PM sent.
-Nate |
08-12-2005, 11:25 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Texas, USSA | | | Just email him and specify what you need, I'm sure he'll accomodate you. |
08-12-2005, 12:09 PM
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Owner and builder Clementbass | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Central Florida | | PM back to you Nate | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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