Neck shape patterns

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Got to the place to do another layer of bondo for my neck profile template. The picture shows a wrinkled wavy surface. This is because the Bondo reacts with the thick plastic. It causes it to swell and wrinkle, imprinting it into the bondo. Maybe aluminum foil is a better barrier between the guitar neck and the bondo? The plastic I used was the thick bagging plastic that came in a StewMac shipment, cut into strips.
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thought you guys might find this handy
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There is also heat mold-able plastic. One brand is InstaMorph, available on Amazon.
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These are useful and clean to use. I would think that they would make a good pattern. They also come in beads and sheets. I'm buying the sheets to mold into cauls:

https://www.amazon.com/Polly-Plastics-M ... rip&sr=8-2
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John, in reference to the CNC profile attachment that you posted, do the measurements include or exclude the fretboard thickness?
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this is the neck without the fretboard
do a search I had posted a page years ago with this including the fretboard
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Thanks John. I figured it was without the fretboard, but I wanted to make sure. I'm going to stick the attachment in photoshop and manipulate each pattern so it'll print out with the dimensions given. I can make gauges from that.
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Thanks Diane. I didn't know there were different versions.

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bftobin wrote:Thanks Diane. I didn't know there were different versions.

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