Getting on board with the neck

Now that the fingerboard is finished it can be glued on to the neck thus allowing me to finish shaping the neck taper.












I masked the truss rod so that the glue won't accidentally drip down and affect the truss rod operation, this will be pull up after the spreading the glue just before the board gets fitted.

I also tapped in some pins and super-glued some bits of veneer to the excess neck material in order to prevent the fingerboard from sliding out of place whilst being glued up.



Using an old bicycle tyre inner tube stretched tightly around the neck I "clamped" the board to the neck.  This is a great way to ensure even clamping pressure is exerted against the radiused board during gluing.



I used a plane to remove most of the excess material and then sanded the edge of the neck down to fingerboard












I think it's ready to fine tune the neck / body joint.



Slipping sand paper between the joint helps the two bit's to match up more closely



Not quite ready for gluing up but it wont be long!