nati - 11-17-2015 at 11:55 PM
helo freinds
can someone pleas explain how to make the neck cover strips like the turkish style? i have already did 2 necks and i cant use them because i had alot
of problems
i dident figurout how to shape the neck for gluing the strips accurate..
thanks
Dr. Oud - 11-20-2015 at 09:55 AM
The laminated strips are shaped with a slight angle at the edges to close around the neck. The neck does not need to be faceted, the strips are not
structural so they don't need to fit flat on the neck. If you make the strips thin enough (2mm/1/16inch) they will bend to fit the neck as you apply
the rubber band. Glue the strips on the neck wrapped on the neck with a long rubber band cut from a bicycle inner tube.
nati - 11-21-2015 at 09:04 AM
thank alot for reapleying richard. when you say the strips shuld be angeled you mean that they shuld be wider on the neck block side and thiner on
pegbox side? (like v shape) or that each strip shuld be thiner at both edges than the middle? (like 2 mm thick at the midel and become 1.5 at the
edges).
and about the neck it self it shuldent be flat at the edges? the 2 strips near the fingerboard makes all the problems..
Dr. Oud - 11-23-2015 at 09:40 AM
The strips are tapered from the neck/body end to the pegbox end because of the difference in the arc length at each end. There is no stress on the
strips so the glue in the middle and at each edge is sufficient to hold them in place. The mating edges between the strips need to have a slight angle
to close as they are glued to the neck. It's not necessary to flatten or facet the neck, the strips will bend to fit the neck as you bind them on the
neck with the rubber band at glue-up, if you don't make them too thick or use too stiff wood. If you want to make the neck faceted then round the
strips afterwards, the strips need to be thicker to compensate for the shape - it's just more work and not any real improvement. The fingerboard will
cover any gap left at the edge between the strip and the neck. The strips are applied before cutting the peg box joint notch and fitting the neck
angle at the body joint.
nati - 12-6-2015 at 01:39 PM
thanks richard!