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H8069 Heirloom Curly Maple Guitar Kit
after you have drilled the tuner holes, you can cut
the unfinished headstock to your own design.
Components Needed
Qty
guitar neck ....................................................... 1
To shape the headstock:
1. trace the headstock on a piece of paper. test
various ideas for headstock shapes on paper
before cutting into the headstock.
2. redraw your final headstock shape onto the
headstock with a pencil.
3. Cut the headstock out with a bandsaw or
coping saw. be sure to cut only to the outside
edge of your pencil line.
Note: To cut sharp corners, cut several slots
perpendicular to the corner, then cut out the
small pieces. This will reduce binding on the
blade.
4. Carefully hand file the headstock to finalize
the shape.
Shaping Headstock
6. space the centers of the remaining pegholes
15
⁄
16
" apart, as shown in
figure 7, and
1
/
2
"
from the edge of the headstock.
8. turn the neck over and fasten a
9
⁄
16
" thick
wood shim with tape on the top side of the
headstock and over the tuner holes. this will
help stabilize the neck during the next step.
9. Center a
25
/
64
" bit over each hole drilled in
Step 7, and drill down
11
/
32
" for the base of the
tuners.
figure 10. drilling the pegholes.
7. using a
5
⁄
16
" bit, drill holes from the top of the
headstock all the way through for the tuner
shafts, as shown in
figure 10.
15
⁄
16
"
15
⁄
16
"
15
⁄
16
"
15
⁄
16
"
15
⁄
16
"
figure 9. peghole spacing.
