I’ve been toying with the idea of trying to build my own guitar from scratch with some cheap wood as a trial so I can see where it’d just be easier for me to buy decently parts…One thing I’ve been mentally struggling with is the compound radius needed for the fretboard. I’ve read where it needs to be a 10” radius on one end, and a 16” radius on the other end. I can’t figure out a repeatable way to do this.
My least bad thought so far is to make a jig from 2×6s, where it follows the needed compound radius and has a slot cut it I need for my blank to rest. The new I could just hand plane and scrape and sand the fretboard to follow the jigs arc.
Is there a better way, or a jig on the market, or a tool for this?
Has anyone done their own compounds radius fretboard before? How?
Thanks for any guidance here.