Aaronoutside
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- Dec 4, 2021
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So I figured that as my second build, I would step it up a few notches and build the body from scratch and do most of the neck work too. I am a huge Floyd fan, and since I don't have an extra $4 million lying around to buy the Black Strat, I decided to build one myself. Used a paper template and then made my own plywood template to get going. I started with alder 6/4 stock and glued up a body block and cut it out in a friends sweet woodshop. Seriously, thanks Steve!
My first screwup was using the table router to clean up the edge. I have a nice spiral bit and the majority of the edge went well, but I ripped out the edge in two spots, and had to make some minor adjustments to the shape to get rid of the chewed up edge. I wish I had seen this routing direction pic before I did the edge. Start at the green dots, and head to the red.
After getting the edge routed, I routed out the body cavities. Started with the template on top, and then took the template off and used the initial cuts as the template.
I had to pick up a longer template bit (1in) to cut the full 1.5in depth, but a little time and I knocked it out, no problem.
Routed out the edge with a quarter round bit, but should have been a little more careful not to route the back of the neck pocket so that I had the full room to add the backplate. Worked out ok, but something to learn for next time.
My first screwup was using the table router to clean up the edge. I have a nice spiral bit and the majority of the edge went well, but I ripped out the edge in two spots, and had to make some minor adjustments to the shape to get rid of the chewed up edge. I wish I had seen this routing direction pic before I did the edge. Start at the green dots, and head to the red.
After getting the edge routed, I routed out the body cavities. Started with the template on top, and then took the template off and used the initial cuts as the template.
I had to pick up a longer template bit (1in) to cut the full 1.5in depth, but a little time and I knocked it out, no problem.
Routed out the edge with a quarter round bit, but should have been a little more careful not to route the back of the neck pocket so that I had the full room to add the backplate. Worked out ok, but something to learn for next time.