Contour gauge
Measuring the outer shell of the gourd
Heel carved out to match the gourd.
Neck fit about 95% perfectly to gourd. A little more work and this will be done.
Saturday, September 06, 2008
Just spent several hours fitting the heel of the neck to the gourd. To be perfectly honest, this is by far my least favorite part of the process. You have to match the exact shape of the gourd vertically, horizontally and with respect to the proper neck pitch. In order to accomplish this, a contour gauge (pictured below) is extremely helpful. Right now the fit is about 95% complete. I'll clean it up tomorrow, and then fit the neck/dowel through the gourd. As always, click the thumbnails for full sized images.
Contour gauge
Measuring the outer shell of the gourd
Heel carved out to match the gourd.
Neck fit about 95% perfectly to gourd. A little more work and this will be done.
Contour gauge
Measuring the outer shell of the gourd
Heel carved out to match the gourd.
Neck fit about 95% perfectly to gourd. A little more work and this will be done.
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