Making a Replacement Jig

As I said in another thread..I will be upgrading my "Neck Dovetail radius jig" this year..Well I did it already ...as I knew all the measurements required to build it, it didn't take me long....I had a nice board made of solid Oak stashed away and it was just the job for this project so I put it to use...The main mod's I made were to "add a base board, plus some fine adjustment screws" to centralise the jig on the centre line of the bandsaw blade..Before I had to do it with a hammer knocking it back and forth...
Also I installed some bronze bushes to get a more accurate fit and prevent wear & tear.....Angles and measurements depend on shape and size of individual uke dovetails...The only trouble is!... I have to wait until I make some more necks to test it out.
Here is a video showing construction...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpAzgVhNGS4&list=UUZy2EMxIuULsTGoMthfyFvw

Ha, nice work. You could sell these.

Did you ever show us how you make the hollow part of the dovetail? I hesitate to write "female" but that's what I'm thinking of.

Sven said:

I hesitate to write "female" but that's what I'm thinking of.

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I'm frequently thinking of the same thing...

Aproaching 75 I'm past the Female thinking bit Sadly...But it's no big deal cutting the female dovetail joint..I cut the joint in the neck block before it's glued into the body...I do it in the Milling Machine with a jig I made when I first started building....I'll do a video of it in action...but the end product is just the same as most of the methods for producing this joint with a router and template.

Ah yes I remember seeing it now. Having it ready in the end block is smart, but with my "technique" it would end up wherever during glue-up.

Sven, Mine too!
Ken Timms you are a marvel

Sven said:

Did you ever show us how you make the hollow part of the dovetail? I hesitate to write "female" but that's what I'm thinking of.

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Found this pic of the set up for cutting the female dovetail in the neck block.