It seems like these are popular all of a sudden so here's my attempt. I'm going for a mid-sixties asymmetric one with the batwing headstock.
Outline cut and pickup cavity routed.
Next is the VERY SCARY round-over. For this I bought a Trend 1/2" chuck router on
@GSPBASSES recommendation and a 16mm roundover bit from Wealden.
Note to self: I've just realised it would have been a lot less scary had I used the offcuts (which are the same thickness of course) as a support for the other side of the router base.I thought the transitions next to the neck would be difficult but the hard bit was the tips of the horns where there isn't a lot of wood to support the rather heavy router. It turned out okay though.
I haven't cut the control cavity yet as I wanted to keep the wood there while I made the round-over. That's the next job, then the neck pocket.
I've got a bit of sanding to do to blend the curves but I'm pretty happy so far.
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and partly because I've had a set of 6-on-plate tuners in my parts drawer for nearly 20 years and wanted to use them.
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I had to use a 22mm rad roundover from Wealden last week, was alarming. It was supposed to be 25mm but it literally wouldn't fit in the router so 22m it was!
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Luckily I made the first pass fairly high but noticed the bit cutting deeper and deeper. The body of the router was slipping down in its sleeve which I'd set too loose.
I just got away with it. The finished fretboard is 5.8mm deep in the centre at the nut and 6.4mm at the 22nd fret which should give me a constant thickness along the edge when it's tapered for width.
I had some templates made for the inlays and side dots
Fretboard cut to size using a template
Side dots drilled
Face dots drilled and plastic added
Completed fretboard. It's still attached to its outline template for ease of handling.