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Permalink Reply by Dan Sleep on December 11, 2011 at 12:57am

There is at least one thread about this. There is a link to a video on how to cut them.

http://www.cigarboxnation.com/forum/topics/cutting-a-headstock-angl...

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Permalink Reply by bizzaro guitaro on December 11, 2011 at 1:39am

thank you Dan.I'll check it out. I just saw your video on fretting, It is a big help. I will be fretting soon.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Fred Johnson on December 12, 2011 at 3:56am

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Permalink Reply by Paul Erbe on December 12, 2011 at 4:25am

Here is a jig for cutting a scarf joint using a table saw.http://home.comcast.net/~kathymatsushita/amateurluthier/htmlpages/s...

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Permalink Reply by Richard G Caudill on December 12, 2011 at 6:05am

Look at Charlotte Henry's page ,, she has to die for scarf necks ,, ask her betcha she tell u how she does it

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Permalink Reply by bizzaro guitaro on December 12, 2011 at 2:55pm

thanks I will check it out
Richard G Caudill said:

Look at Charlotte Henry's page ,, she has to die for scarf necks ,, ask her betcha she tell u how she does it

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Permalink Reply by bizzaro guitaro on December 12, 2011 at 2:59pm

this looks like a good way.I will try it next build. thanks

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Permalink Reply by bizzaro guitaro on December 12, 2011 at 3:08pm

Thats a good Idea. I think I'll try to make one thanks

Paul Erbe said:

Here is a jig for cutting a scarf joint using a table saw.http://home.comcast.net/~kathymatsushita/amateurluthier/htmlpages/s...

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Permalink Reply by Charlotte Henry on January 1, 2012 at 6:06pm

My way of cutting the scarf joint is by using a jig.  My jig consists of one piece of rectangular plywood and one board of any reasonable dimension, i.e. 1X2, 2X4, etc. The board is fastened on edge on a perpindicular angle to the side of the board that meets the mitre saw fence.  I clamp the neck blank to the board and to the plywood base far enough back so that the mitre saw is never restricted in its movement executing the cut.  I set the angle of the cut at 13-15 degrees, use my left hand to push the plywood base into the fence while I make the cut with my right hand. The first time you use the jig it will cut the corner off the plywood base and the fence board which will show you on subsequent cuts exactly where your blank will be cut.  Super simple, super fast.  I clamp the cut off piece to the neck blank so that the bevels meet and form one long ramp.  I use a wood sanding block with 100 grit paper to true the two pieces up.

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Permalink Reply by Charlotte Henry on January 4, 2012 at 1:25pm

I made my jig for cutting the scarf on my necks out of scrap wood from the shop trash can. This is quick to make and it works without a problem but I really use C clamps instead of spring clamps when I actually use it. 

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Permalink Reply by William McCauley on January 5, 2012 at 8:23am

Just to throw in my two cents. I have attached some pics of my scarf jig. Pretty simple, a sheet of 1/2 mdf with some reference notes on it and a scrap piece of oak. It gives a 13 degree cut. I just run it along the rip fence.     

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Permalink Reply by JUJU on January 5, 2012 at 9:56am

theres another way that i do a scarf joint have a look at the start of the video it shows the method i use which gives a much stronger joint than gluing the scarf joint off cut under the neck - doing it the way i do it you get two glue joints one on the scarf joint and another on the fretboard to neck/headstock joint = much more glue line = stronger joints

hope it helps :)

http://youtu.be/45S0JJCIE68

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