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Router Planing Fixtures
- Thread starter Bruce Johnson
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You gotta find a better name than "Neck Shaping Machine". Something like "BruceNeck-9000" or "Insta-Neckerator-9000".
I'm working on that, as part of the design. I'm thinking Super Neck Shaper. Others have built router-base pattern-following neck shaping machines. But mine is going to be Super and better!
Hey Rudy;
Yeah, I have past experience with those machines. I have an original Dupli-Carver stashed away here. That's the classic pantograph router from the 1950's. It's pathetic in how badly it works. And maybe you remember my Big Neck Carving Machine that I built in 1998? A twin pattern follower, with two Master necks on either side of the workpiece. I told the story of it in some thread here on LC. I spent a year building it, and it basically worked, but it was a big failure overall. I learned a lot of things from that one, about shaping necks with routers. With all that knowledge and experience, I think this new machine will solve those problems. The key thing is making the third axis of the machine rotation along the X axis, and using the cylindrical side of the cutter.
I looked at using small roller chain or rubber XL timing belts to synchronize the cradles. But I think you'll like what I'm going to do with MDF disks and fishing leader line. Kind of like the old drafting boards with the parallel straight edge and the cable system on the back. I'm sure you remember those.
On a different front, I’ve been interested in figuring out how to program my iPhone to leverage LIDR sensors for taking pics/recording dimensions for reproduction. I’m an iOS developer and always thinking of ways of bridging the effort from tech to real tangible world applications. Maybe I’m just a dreamer at heart?
Since you've already built one neck carving machine, this one should be the Neck-st Generation Super Neck Shaper.
Neck Engineering Clone Konfabulator
Neck Ninja 5000.
I like alliteration.
Also, that leaves room for 4 new and improved models before you get to the Neck Ninja 9000.
I like alliteration.
Also, that leaves room for 4 new and improved models before you get to the Neck Ninja 9000.
I think you’re onto something @mapleglo!!
I like that! Maybe Super Neckster; two words and adding in Super.
You gotta have a number on the end of it tho. "Super Neckster 5000".
How about the Super Neckster 1956? That would indicate the age of the technology involved. No stinkin' computers or even electronic chips on this baby. It's wood and metal and an electric motor. High performance precision, controlled by a human brain. Me.
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When people ask how long it takes you to carve a neck, you can respond with “neckster nothing”… 
I’ll see myself out.
I’ll see myself out.
There's a double-entendre in there somewhere.
Stand proud! That's at least a level seven dad joke.When people ask how long it takes you to carve a neck, you can respond with “neckster nothing”…
I’ll see myself out.
NeckSTAR 2000. That would have seemed futuristic in 1956.
Just bumping this one back up to the top, mostly so it's easier for me to find later.
As mentioned in the "What's On Your Workbench" thread, I need to build a sled to flatten some cutting boards. Think of them as a body blank, no different.
Anyways, big thank you to Mr. Bruce and Lo-E for the reminder of this thread. I think I'm just gonna go back to the basics and build something similar to what Bruce posted the very first page, in the very first post. Just a basic sled. After looking at those photos and thinking about some free lumber scraps I picked up last week, I think I got a plan.
As mentioned in the "What's On Your Workbench" thread, I need to build a sled to flatten some cutting boards. Think of them as a body blank, no different.
Anyways, big thank you to Mr. Bruce and Lo-E for the reminder of this thread. I think I'm just gonna go back to the basics and build something similar to what Bruce posted the very first page, in the very first post. Just a basic sled. After looking at those photos and thinking about some free lumber scraps I picked up last week, I think I got a plan.
Question: it turns out I have a stash of MDF in the house, apparently left over from projects I don't even remember. The thickness is about 0.34". Can I use this for router fixtures, or should I keep it for templates?
