| After double checking my layout lines (and knifing in a few choice ones) I removed the waste from the rear of the neck. |
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| I also ripped down the blank for the fingerboard from a piece of Ebony. Set this aside for later.... |
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| To the neck/body joint...... I decided to make the mortise in the body angled and leave the neck tenon "flat". Time for another jig..... I made a full size sketch to work out the elevation and started work. I notched out the template on the table saw to give a 40mm wide recess. Then stuck on a 10mm spacer, 200mm from the end. This gave me the 3 degree tilt. |
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| This was then screwed to a base board so I could clamp it securely to the body, making extra sure it was lined up with the centre line. |
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| A quick bit of router work and voila! |
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| To make the tenon I cheated and used my metalwork mill to remove the waste. |
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| A quick test fit to see how tight it is..... and a tiny bit more to remove or I won't be able to get any glue in the joint. |
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| Done! Next I remove any extra material and chamfered the end of the tenon. The area around the tenon needs to be trimmed to 3 degrees so it butts up square to the body. A little work with chisels and..... |
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| We're almost there! |
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| I need to trim the underside of the fingerboard area at 3 degrees to sit flush on the body. Again I've used my mill to accurately do this work. |
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| Just a little clean-up work left with a chisel to do. |
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| With the neck in position I measured the gap - the same amount needs to be removed from the bottom of the tenon to get a flush fit to the body. |
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| And again the mill removes the bulk of the work. |
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| All that is left is to level off the front of the tenon in front of the pick-up cavity with the body. I marked with a flat knife directly off the body and went over to the mill to trim it off. |
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| And that's the neck fitted! Next to the fingerboard.... |
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