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Old 12-22-2008, 05:51 PM   #19 (permalink)
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Re: Just bough an Ibex plane from Stew Mac

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Originally Posted by IceGator8 View Post
Interesting.

I would assume cutting the pickup plane after the neck angle would be better if you're going to hand carve the top. If you use the router trick with the rabbet jig wouldn't it be better to leave the top flat until you've made these cuts and then do the pickup plane? I could be wrong but it seems to me that having a large portion of the top flat would help keep the cutting depths accurate around the entire guitar. Hmmmm, decisions decisions.
I think maybe you misunderstood me. I before I carve anything, I route the neck angle plane, then I route the pickup plane, then I start to carve.
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