Neck

Yesterday I spliced the neck. This process gives the head stock an angle which strengthens the neck. You start off with the neck blank:

The neck blank is then spliced across the diagonal line:

The wedge that has been cut off is then glued reversed to the back of the neck:

Clamped up:

The end result:

The next step will be cutting the neck to length. Part of the piece that comes off will be glued at the back at the end of neck to form the heel.