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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on July 30, 2013 at 5:47pm

It's called sharing ;-)

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Permalink Reply by jawbone on July 31, 2013 at 1:05am

Geez - wanna trade??!!?????   :-)
Hey Kid - I showed you my pictures....... so........
your turn........
:-)

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Permalink Reply by terry harris on July 30, 2013 at 8:51am

Check this out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WB0-u4YPT2g

or this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwfLoJWD4vk

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Permalink Reply by Jon Leslie/Runaway Veal Music on November 16, 2013 at 7:35am

What kind of glue for this please?

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Permalink Reply by darryl kernaghan on July 30, 2013 at 9:52pm

i think what you are suggesting IS a scarf joint,but with more work involved

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Permalink Reply by Old Fingers Green on July 30, 2013 at 11:36pm

Yeah I think the end result is a scarf joint. Just in my mind it would be easier to get a better bond clamping two flat pieces together than clamping on an angle. I think that method would better suit my headstock style as well as I carve curves going from the back of the neck to the back of the headstock.

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Permalink Reply by darryl kernaghan on July 30, 2013 at 11:42pm

yep ,that method would be good if you want to radius the fillet area

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Permalink Reply by Jim Woods on July 31, 2013 at 11:15am

I do something a little similar to that.  After reducing the thickness of the end 6" to 5/8", I make a 7 degree cut with the blade edge outside of the back edge of stock.  This cut is just under 6" long. I now have a wedge I place on the back, adjusting until I have a 5/8" peghead.  I add wings, but would not have to. - here is a sketch

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Permalink Reply by jawbone on August 1, 2013 at 5:31am

Just  tried this, glue drying as I type. As I mentioned earlier, I was going to do this after cutting out the shape, but The Phrygian Kid and you made a bit more sense. I like the idea of sliding the shim back and forth the adjust the height. I also like the idea that the neck is one piece. I haven't tried the "add ears" method yet. 

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Permalink Reply by Matthew Neyman on July 31, 2013 at 11:38am

I don't know about this one but I would love to see a sliding dovetail joint

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Permalink Reply by Mr.melo on August 4, 2013 at 6:18am

I think I,m with Ron on this one no time saved and the other way is much more simpler to do ...

but its a good idea if you are looking for a two tones of  wood on the neck ... maybe..so..not a bad idea right?

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Permalink Reply by Jim Morris on August 5, 2013 at 9:55am

Well sir, I've made several necks using this exact method. I still glued ears on the sides so you couldn't see the joint line. This widens the head and also, I think, strengthens the joint. This was before I figured out a way to glue a scarf joint without it slipping. Now I mainly use scarf joints for the one cut advantage that Oily mentioned. No problems whatsoever with the previous method.

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