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Now, at last, its time to glue the FB on! This collection of stuff is everthing needed for the job. First I give the threads on both ends of the truss rod a shot of WD-40 and make sure the are turning well.
Next the slot gets a few good squirts of silicone to keep the rod from rattling.
The slot gets covered with a piece of masking tape to keep any glue from getting in there. I also like to tape the sides of the neck so the glue squeeze out doesn't get on the maple. If it does, it can cause problems when applying neck tinting because the stain won't take. You can sand/scrape it off, but its easy to start creating waves in the neck (badness!).
I applied a good coat of glue and then peeled the tape away from the slot. You can just see that I also put a little glue on the back of the fretboard. Its always best to apply glue to both mating surfaces, at least thats what my high school shop teacher taught me, and Mr Veal (real name, I swear) never steered me wrong.
Here's the fretboard clamped in place. I put the drill bits back in their alignment holes, put the board in place then clamped the heck out of it. The wooden block is a 9.5" radius block which matches the fretboard radius. After a short while, I'll pull the drill bits.
After unclamping, I needed to do the final clean up on the edges of the fingerboard. An simple utility plane is my tool of choice.
A quick trip to the edge sander to round the ends of the heel and its time to test the fit in the neck pocket. This is essentially a Telecaster style heel. This photo came out a little blurry, but the fit is good.
I need to install the face and side dots before I profile the back of the neck so its time to think about dot types, colour schemes, hardware etc ...
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