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A STIFF NECK

7/31/2018

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A few blogs ago I showed you the nice piece of tiger-striped Big Leaf Maple that I had carved into a Baritone neck.  I began to worry about maple's lack of stability to humidity changes and decided to install a carbon fiber neck stiffener.  But how, since the neck was already carved.  Here was my solution.
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I figured if I could attach a guide down the center of the neck I could use the router insert to control the groove I needed to cut.
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I tacked two strips of scrap ebony to the neck making a guide path just a hair wider than the router insert protrusion.  nailed them down with small brads.  Then set the router bit to make the first shallow cut.
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Worked like a charm.  Three passes, each time lowering the bitt a little, and here is the Carbon-fiber bar ready to install in the cut slot.
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First I tried to use this epoxy that I had had for a couple of years, but found it too congealed to run out of the container.  I guess epoxy has a shelf life, into the garbage it went.
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Here is the old reliable 5 minute epoxy that I normally use.  Mixed up a big batch of it and juiced up the slot.  then I inserted the rod and put a coat of epoxy over the top.
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In just a few minutes the epoxy hardened up, and this is now one STIFF NECK.
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