How to remove the fretboard from neck for Double Sided version

Below an example using a Fender Stratocaster Neck
Use the same

Use the same principle to make this adaptation on your guitar

Neck = 1.1659
Fretboard = 0.2165

Neck - fretboard = Neck 0.9493

1) Create a new limate plane
2) Use Combine Mode Low

In Componet Properties

3) In the new limit Plane (now with the name Negative Fretboard) Base Height: 0.3664
= Half Neck relief is 0.5829 - Fretboard 0.2165 =

4) Now Each side of the neck will be 0.4747

5) LOW

Open the Material Set up

Change the Thikeness material to = 0.9493
And adjust there for yout material and start bit positions, gaps etc.

This can be applied to any other neck file by simply
As it is an adaptation, some edges may overlap,
but this is easy to remove after machining.
For better embossed finishes, you will need to
upgrade to Aspire if you use VCarve.
With Aspire you can select the vector profile and remove relief outside.




It is a way to adapted the job to machining the neck without fretboard.

I particularly never did a neck without fretboard glued.

  • First I make the truss rod pocket only
  • remove the wood from my CNC
  • glue the fretboard wood
  • and finally I start machining first the top side and then bottom.


I don`t like to glue the fretboard with the back side of the neck finished and also I think that it is a bad idea.

Well, but some people prefer do that.
I do not have interest in do this version for few people like to use this method, then I leave here in this page a way how to do that if you are wanting this.

If is just for that

Otherwise if you want just to do the truss rod before glue the fretboard on CNC you do not need another relief there.
You just need use vectors and toolpaths starting on the material top and nothing more.
Just ignore the elements.





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