Hi, can any one explain to me the mortise and tenon joint at the heel. I'm aware of how it all works etc but the plans aren't detailed at this point. As the fretboard continues onto the guitar body at a slight rake angle, at that point what is the fretboard actually glued to as the tenon is much narrower than the fretboard. So although small there would be a sloping gap between guitar body and fretboard. I'm using ALS plans. Hope this makes sense, but if someone could give me some detail of this or tell me where to look for it , or am I not reading things right. Much appreciated. Thanks
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1) add shims under the edges of the fretboard to fill the gap left by the angle
2) angle the end of the body under the board to match the neck angle so no gap occurs.
3) use a full width tenon instead of the traditional join.
I would go with option 3
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WezV said:
Completely agree with @WezV option 3. Have a look at my current post of how I build Flying V's, the build starts page 2.
https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/177593/covid-19-im-now-in-total-isolation-so-lots-of-building-to-do/p2
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