![]() Hide glue draws the pieces together as it shrinks, but it needs the joint to fit really well. It’s hot hide glue and it squeezes out of the joint. It is hard to get every part of the joint closed perfectly.Īnd when it’s ready it gets glued on this jig, which holds the angle while the web clamp draws the pieces together. So I hold it up to my eye while pressing the joint together to see if light comes through. □īut it needs to be tight! No light can come through. Perhaps that’s why it’s called the V joint. Here I’m test fitting making sure that the joint fits, and the edges of the head and neck align and mugging for the camera. After doing both sides neck and head, top and bottom, male and female, yin and yang, I start fine fitting. Trimming to the line will be done with files, chisels, and knifes. Then rough cut near to the line with a saw. The places where the joint will be are marked with pencil and then knife. Next the V is drawn on the slant, centered of course on the centerline. Here are a couple necks with a 10 degree angle. The V has to fit, the shoulders must touch, the angle for the head needs to be set. However, the V Joint is, well… sexier, and challenging.Įverything needs to be planned. ![]() The alternative scarf joint is certainly easier and quicker. It adds time to the construction of the guitar for sure.
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