Ep 6 - A Luthier Builds a Whole Custom Guitar in SIX Hours.. from SCRATCH! - Fretboard Radius

Welcome to Crimson Guitars https://www.youtube.com/user/CrimsonC... and welcome to episode 6 of a crazy guitar building challenge with master luthier Ben Crowe from http://www.crimsonguitars.com Can Ben build a guitar from SCRATCH in just 6 hours? Watch as Ben attempts to build an entire guitar in a 6 hour Marathon. The videos were filmed in real-time apart from short stops for battery and camera person changes. The series consists of 12 half-hour videos where you are able to watch everything as it happens. Enjoy the ride! Despite the challenge and time constraints Ben is as ever treating this as a teaching exercise and you will hopefully learn many tips and tricks of the guitar building art form. In this episode, Ben begins work on the neck and fretboard Chapters 0:00 Introduction 0:56 Router cutter in place. Ben routs out the excess fretboard. 3:07 The next job is to radius the fretboard, but what is Ben planning? 5:44 Well, that was different, has it worked? 7:56 Neck into the vice and the hard work begins 8:54 Using the plane to fine-tune the radius on the fretboard Conclusion ___________________________________________________________________________________________ We'd like to thank our partners for helping to make this video series possible. Triton Tools - http://www.tritontools.com/en-GB Wagner Meters - https://www.wagnermeters.com/ ISOtunes Bluetooth Hearing Protection - http://bit.ly/36YmKro Support us by supporting our Partners, and at the same time get yourself a great deal with ISOtunes. Use code "CRIMSON10" for £10 off at "isotunes.co.uk" or $10 off at "isotunes.com" Get the Freshest CA glues in the market (USA orders) at www.starbond.com Use Code 'CRIMSONGUITAR' at checkout to save 15% off on your purchase https://www.starbond.com/?rfsn=495373... ______________________________________________________________________ WEBSITE: http://www.crimsonguitars.com Luthier’s Tools & Supplies: http://bit.ly/LuthTools Guitar Building Courses: http://bit.ly/LuthierySchool Kit Guitars: http://bit.ly/KitGuitars SOCIAL Instagram -   / crimsonguitars   Facebook -  / crimsoncustomguitars   As always, thank you so much to our Patrons, who help make videos like this possible. Patreon –  / crimsonguitars   OTHER Ben's Vintage Tool Shop - https://vintagetoolshop.com/ Thank you again for all your support, we really, really appreciate it! – Ben Stay tuned and stay awesome