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RAHAZ First build begins (Pictures)

#43
Worshiper said:
where did you get the veneers? did you thin them yourself or did you maybe order them online. I'm looking for a few and I'm not sure the best place to find them.
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A lot of places that sell lumber and woodworking supplies have them.

I've bought them from Constantines in the past.

They have died black veneer which is nice to use along with maple between layers.

You can see those as well as some purpleheart veneer under the fingerboard in this picture.

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#45
Got some more work done tonight. I should have taken David's advice when clamping to alternate the directions. I ended up with some voids and waves in the veneer. Thankfully it is the part that will be shaved for the neck.

Here are the pics. What do you think?

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The bad:

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Should I route the truss rod now while I still have a good solid platform?
 
#46
Yes, you should route the truss rod when the neck is square. Looks like two of the maple veneers are kind of wavy (due to poorly distributed clamp strength) and the Wenge / Padauk lams near it have a gap between them. I suggest you draw your taper line and post a picture of it to get more professional advice. I hope the neck is still usable, the laminate contrast look great!
 
#47
Jonsbasses said:
Yes, you should route the truss rod when the neck is square. Looks like two of the maple veneers are kind of wavy (due to poorly distributed clamp strength) and the Wenge / Padauk lams near it have a gap between them. I suggest you draw your taper line and post a picture of it to get more professional advice. I hope the neck is still usable, the laminate contrast look great!
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Thanks. The wavy part and void you see is on the back (both blanks) which will be cut out once I get to shaping the neck.

I'll mark up the taper tomorrow night and snap a shot.

If there are any voids I saved some saw dust and will buy some "super glue" (cyano*whatever it is called) and fill it with that.
 
#50
Jonsbasses said:
I suggest you draw your taper line and post a picture of it to get more professional advice.
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Here is the fretboard side. No waves. Had to use tape since the woods are so dark.
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Slight void here on the right between the Padauk and Wenge. It'll be filled.
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Here is the rough idea of the profile.
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This is the wavy part. It will be cut. Hopefully exposing the good part of the join.
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#52
although that never happened to me on necks, it did happen a couple of times on bodies. This is why I invested (a lot of $$$) on these because necks is definitely where you DON'T want voids. These are custom clamps made to my specs by wetzler.


This is a test fit, on a real glue up I alternate the clamps bottom/top.
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#57
You know, I was looking at those pictures again, to see if there were any other problems in the wavy veneer area, since there was obviously not enough clamping pressure there. In some of the shots it looks like between the wenge and the padauk, on the opposite side of the midline from the wavy maple, there may also be separation.
 

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