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Next I prepared the fingerboard.
I had on hand a pre-slotted ebony fingerboard which I use for this project.
I marked the centre line and the width at the nut end and the width at the 12th fret.
The fingerboard is just nice for the taper spread at the 19th / 20th fret end,
After that I saw away some waste using my saw, and then started to shoot the fingerboard square and to the marked width.
After shooting to size, I taper the bottom end at the bass sides.
I mark the part to plane more using pencil lines so that I wont remove from the wrong side.
The thickness is 7mm at treble side and 6mm at bass side.
The forward angle can be adjusted at the neck portion when the neck is glued to the body.
So the finger board can stay at teh same thickness through out.
Marking and sawing away the waste
Shooting the fingerboard to size
Fingerboard done ready to be glued.
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The fingerboard is then glued next.
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After gluing, I discovered that the alignment has shifted.
Apparently the alignment pin is not inserted deep enough.
So I proceed to remove the fingerboard
I use iron to heat up the fingerboard.
Not having frets on makes it easy to apply the heat directly to the fingerboard.
After that I inserted the palette knife to separte the glue seam.
Gluing the fingerboard
After checking that alignment has shifted, proceed to remove the fingerboard.
Heating up the fingerboard
Fingerboard removed
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Next the fingerboard is scraped clean to remove the glue remnants of the 2 surface. After that the fingerboard is reglued.
Glue remnants scraped clean.
Applying glue to the surface
Glued and making sure this time the pin is aligned correctly.
Fingerboard all aligned correctly.
