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Old 10-12-2016, 04:17 PM
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Default Rosewood Taylor Neck Shim

Had a customers Baby Taylor in the shop today with a neck severely out of whack. Didn't have the right neck shim so I just made one. When you don't have it, make it!

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Old 10-14-2016, 02:51 PM
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Nicely done!
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Old 10-14-2016, 04:18 PM
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I've always just made them too! How do you go about doing it? I set up a simple jig that would allow me to plane on an angle with my jointer plane. The last time I did it though I just double stuck tapped a shim to a flat piece of plywood and hit it with my belt sander.
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Old 10-14-2016, 04:43 PM
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Curious what "severely out of whack" means...

To me it indicates something else other than neck shims is at work. There's a reason why Taylor is very rigid about who gets shim kits.
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Curious what "severely out of whack" means...

To me it indicates something else other than neck shims is at work. There's a reason why Taylor is very rigid about who gets shim kits.
I am authorized by Taylor.

Only reason I made one was because I didn't have the thickness I needed.

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Old 10-14-2016, 06:41 PM
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Nicely done.

I cheat, when I do not have a shim in stock, I have them pre-drawn for my cnc router, and I just punch one out on it. so no real skills involved at my end when doing one .

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Old 10-14-2016, 07:14 PM
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I've always just made them too! How do you go about doing it? I set up a simple jig that would allow me to plane on an angle with my jointer plane. The last time I did it though I just double stuck tapped a shim to a flat piece of plywood and hit it with my belt sander.
You can sand it, but it takes forever to get the right angles/thicknesses. I do all my work by hand so I try not to do a huge amount of sanding.

I did the measurements for thickness. Then rip cut a piece of rosewood stock down to size. I have an extremely accurate dozuki saw (designed for kumiko work) that I rip cut at an extremely shallow angle, mini scrapers and fine cut files to get the right thickness, scrape it to a shine and you're done. No sanding involved so the dust production is only slight.
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Would you be able to make me a couple of sets? How much would it set me back?
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