Lets see your neck blocks

Cornerstone · Apr 20, 2019

With guitar building deeply ingrained in my soul I tend to stick with things that I've done for the past 16 years with my guitars. Neck blocks being one of them.
It may be a bit of an overkill but I believe a mortise and tenon neck to body connection is a pretty reliable joint and a good way to transfer vibration throughout the whole instrument.
What say ye?

Neck blocks...

Timbuck · Apr 20, 2019

OK

neck blocks by Ken Timms, on Flickr

neck blocks 2 by Ken Timms, on Flickr

neck blocks 3 by Ken Timms, on Flickr

Cornerstone · Apr 20, 2019

Tim, looks like you mean business!!

Timbuck · Apr 20, 2019

I would have been happier with this batch if the grain was horizontal instead of vertical, for various debateable reasons..but I'll see how it goes.

jcalkin · Apr 21, 2019

If my end blocks have to fit curved sides I laminate thin pieces of vertical grain wood pressed against the sides/mold. The resulting piece gets sanded flat on the interior side, then is glued to a larger block of horizontal grained wood.
I use a butt joint, no mortise and no tenon.

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