In this case that was 4 of them.

 

 

So I grab the glue and start the process of gluing things together.

 

 

 

 

This is repeated until they all have glue on them and are lined up.

 

 

Then they get the clamps.

 

 

That is all for now. Thanks for looking and commenting on my thread!

Great to see it's warmed up some Mike and you're getting some build time in. Appreciate the pictures and build-a-long.

6 minutes ago, Grandpadave52 said:

Great to see it's warmed up some Mike and you're getting some build time in. Appreciate the pictures and build-a-long.

Thanks!

 I think it was 63 today. Something like that. I should have more days like that  than not, now. Hopefully.

31 minutes ago, Handfoolery said:

Now if you remember, I cut the neck blank to length, and had an "offcut".

I now place it on my bench hook, and start cutting the segments to create a stacked heel.

 

 

 

I use a stacked heel and a scarf joint for a couple of reasons. Firstly, it's easier to find a long 7/8" thick piece of hardwood than it is a 3" thick beam. And secondly, when a neck blank is cut out of a larger piece there is a lot of waste left behind.

I "rinse and repeat" the process and cut enough blocks to create a 4" deep heel.

 

 

 

Just watched this video. Nice!

1 minute ago, lew said:

Just watched this video. Nice!

Thank you for watching my stuff. Much appreciated.

Once the stacked heel is dry I need to scrape off all the dried glue squeeze out so my plane blade will take much less of a beating on it's freshly honed edge.

So I take a sharp, fat chisel and go to town on it.

 

 

And speaking of a freshly sharpened plane blade.....

 

 

Edited March 29, 2025Mar 29 by Handfoolery

Need to mark the heel in prep for squaring it up.

 

 

Then it's on to the aforementioned hand plane.

 

 

Checking for square.

 

 

Reorient in the vise....

 

 

...and trim the sides.

 

I added wings to the sides of the headstock because the original blank was not quite wide enough. This is a common practice.

 

 

But now they must be leveled to the face of the headstock.

 

Guess how I'm going to do that.

 

 

 

Trim it to width next.

 

 

All for now.

Thanks for looking and commenting on my thread.

 

 

Thanks for the images and the explanation of what you are doing.

Thanks Mike. Great progess. Loved the introduction in your video.

15 minutes ago, Grandpadave52 said:

Thanks Mike. Great progess. Loved the introduction in your video.

Thanks, Gramps!

 

MAn you must have a production crew takeing all those pics. TIP: you might want to try a cabinet scraper for glue cleanup. Less likely to cause a slip and gouge and easier to use.

LOL, I'm a Youtuber; a camera is running on me the whole time. I just pull screen shots from the video footage. That's what you are seeing. A production crew of little old me, lol.

Thanks for the tip. I use a card scraper for that sometimes. If I ever run across a cabinet scraper during my thrift store/flea market runs I do intend to pick one up.

Next on the agenda, I need to trim the top and back plates level with the sides of the guitar. I start with a fine tooth backsaw.

 

 

 

I know I could have used a router and a flush trim bit to do this work, but I don't like things that move at 6,000 rpm; it doesn't leave much room if i go "oops". I only use power tools if it makes sense to me.

 

 

I used a coping saw to get into the waist areas....