New Fingerboard Radius Sander is AWESOME!!!

This is one of my newest pieces of equipment and it is an awesome upgrade for me. I wish I would have splurged on this tool a long time ago. Just going to give my pros and cons and what I think I can improve upon with this machine.

[@bohs1984]

I had a friend who was a senior master builder at Fender. He could grab a neck and radius the fretboard by hand on a belt sander. Even compound radius. He would just grab the thing and dig in on the sander. A few measurements here and there and it was done. I wouldn't believe it if I hadn't seen it. Same thing with shaping the back of the neck profile.

[@lesperanceguitars8381]

Those guys are truly masters of the trade. I'll have to try it some day! Thanks for watching my videos!

[@jeremiahratledge7011]

I use this same machine. The radius attachment is kinda janky and a POS but it works after lots of random shimming. The white height adjustment wheels I keep absolutely locked and do not adjust them while sanding. In fact I hated that they came loose, so I replaced the small head set screw with some longer hex head ones. That way those white wheels stay put. If they are moving, the radius is changing. Then its just a matter of listening to the sanding to know when you are done.

[@lesperanceguitars8381]

Once I get the sweet spot, I'm going to lock mine down permanently also.

[@paulneeds]

Hi!
Could you not put the headstock to the other end of the swing arm?

[@lesperanceguitars8381]

I tried that as well. It hangs over past the platen. It will work if I cut the mdf for my thinner necks just like the other side. Thanks for th suggestion.

[@tonyv7055]

Why don't you rotate the neck 180° and have the headstock on the other end?

[@lesperanceguitars8381]

Tried it...the platen isn't long enough. It might get close if I swap the swivel arm and adjust the guides on the swivel piece. Haven't had a minute to try adjusting those yet. Thanks for the advice and for watching!

[@davidjennings9253]

Why dont you just fit a thicker spacer on the swinging arm so you can get your neck in the centre of the arm?? There is plenty of scope to adust the height of the assembly.

[@lesperanceguitars8381]

I'll take a look at that. Thanks!