Refugee
Friend of Leo's
Just let the poor thing die already. Sentimental? Sure. Hang it on the wall.
Friend dropped off a project for me today
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Yeah, well it could still come to that, but I reckon I’ll finish the job I started. Anyway, the hardest part is DONE already!
Myeahh you probably won’t lol
So, I couldn't leave well enough alone 
so I decided to pop the template back on and get another 2mm or so of depth. Took a file to the sides of the template again to get them a bit straighter and I'm happier with em now. Cut out a couple blanks for the splines out of a big heavy block--MAN that wood is hard; my thumbnail canNOT make a dent in it. My bandsaw was NOT lovin it trying to cut through this 4"x4" chunk. Luckily it's a pretty new blade.
The blanks are at least a couple of mm oversized in every dimension; I might need to drag the belt sander out of the closet...
so I decided to pop the template back on and get another 2mm or so of depth. Took a file to the sides of the template again to get them a bit straighter and I'm happier with em now. Cut out a couple blanks for the splines out of a big heavy block--MAN that wood is hard; my thumbnail canNOT make a dent in it. My bandsaw was NOT lovin it trying to cut through this 4"x4" chunk. Luckily it's a pretty new blade.The blanks are at least a couple of mm oversized in every dimension; I might need to drag the belt sander out of the closet...
There's educational value in learning how to put splines in a guitar peghead, even if the guitar blows.
I'd stick with a good spline and yellow glue myself.
well that's good enough for me!There's educational value in learning how to put splines in a guitar peghead, even if the guitar blows.
I'd stick with a good spline and yellow glue myself.
Isn't it too high up to be the scarf joint?
hmm, fair enough. It HAS a scarf joint, but the scarf joint itself didn't fail.
Does the rout for the spline on the bass side go far enough past the crack to stabilize it? (Disclosure: I know nothing about this kind of repair.)
crazydave911
Doctor of Teleocity
That wood and Original Titebond will be stronger than the neck itself 
At the shop I frequent splines are the method of preference for serious neck breaksThere's educational value in learning how to put splines in a guitar peghead, even if the guitar blows.
I'd stick with a good spline and yellow glue myself.
I THINK so… the crack is at an oblique angle relative to the fretboard so the cracked part is only a mm thick at that point and that’s the deepest part of the slot. Prolly wouldn’t have hurt to go another cm in both directions, but when I was feeling my way along the design stage I wanted to be conservative to minimize the risk of going through the front of the headstock or hitting the fretboard or god forbid some bit of metal like a truss rod anchor (no idea what the t-r looks like for this guitar) or FB registration pin (I personally have used brads with the heads clipped off for that).
I am starting to worry about finishing now…I feel reasonably confident about getting the splines shaved down and smoothing/filling the drill holes, but I hate spraying clear…
crazydave911
Doctor of Teleocity
Yeah I thought later that the crack was at a sharp angle back the other way so you're good. Nice work all the way.
crazydave911
Doctor of Teleocity
You could fill those holes with toothpicks (or whatever sticks you may have over there
Yeah I have some bamboo skewers I’m thinking about using. Extremely good tensile strength and the end grain looks kinda cool (little dots)
I would have gone further down the neck with them... another inch maybe.... while you are at this stage... go big..
rub on a few coats of D/oil on it to get the shine back..instead of spraying clear...
rub on a few coats of D/oil on it to get the shine back..instead of spraying clear...
