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A STRENGTHENED NECK

1/17/2015

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HERE I AM  preparing to epoxy in the thin strip of carbon fiber that will strengthen the neck and hopefully prevent distortion.  I have simply cut a groove with the router to accept the Carbon fiber.
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Here you see the carbon fiber installed with epoxy.  I simply filled the groove with epoxy,  pressed the carbon fiber rod into it and put a little more epoxy over the top.  This ought to make a rock solid vertebrae for the neck
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While the epoxy sets up in the neck I took the time to begin the top for joining.  First I sanded down this lovely Sitka Spruce.  I trimmed it down to two ten inch pieces, ran them thru the thickness sander until they were the proper thickness, and now I will edge join them.  To get the edges perfectly straight and ready to glue I run them over the long strip of sand paper tucked under the rip fence seen in the picture.    This piece is so large I will arrange to glue it together on the perfectly flat table saw surface.  Really pleased with how this spruce sanded up. It is very tight grained and perfectly quarter-sawn as I have come to expect from Pacific Rim Tonewoods.  
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