I have been using mortise and tenon joints for my ukes, so far, with bolts and the tenons *not* glued into the body/block.
On my current build, a mishap wrecked the tenon on the neck, so I cut it off and reworked it to have a loose tenon. (I don't yet have a photo of this, but could in the near future) It made the neck fitting to body really easy, and no doubt the best fitting neck I've done yet.
I'm starting to think of doing this again. What I decided to do was epoxy the loose tenon into the neck, and it has a threaded brass insert for a bolt. The epoxy cured, and I fit the neck to the body for the first time yesterday, and voila! Perfect fit.
Can anyone think of any downsides to doing it this way?
On my current build, a mishap wrecked the tenon on the neck, so I cut it off and reworked it to have a loose tenon. (I don't yet have a photo of this, but could in the near future) It made the neck fitting to body really easy, and no doubt the best fitting neck I've done yet.
I'm starting to think of doing this again. What I decided to do was epoxy the loose tenon into the neck, and it has a threaded brass insert for a bolt. The epoxy cured, and I fit the neck to the body for the first time yesterday, and voila! Perfect fit.
Can anyone think of any downsides to doing it this way?