what work....works! I have had problems with some very hard wood slipping when I try to glue the joint, so I have put a dowel in to keep it stable while the glue dries. Most of the time I use poplar and I sticks OK.
My gits are all 25.5" scale. The angle is from my miter box. No thought involved, but it does make for an unusually steep angle. When I glue the stock to the hed, I get it set, then I drill two holes through and add dowels to help reinforce the glue joint.
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I've used mostly red oak and it does seem to slip. That's another reason for the dowels. This neck is poplar. I wanted to see how it holds up.
what work....works! I have had problems with some very hard wood slipping when I try to glue the joint, so I have put a dowel in to keep it stable while the glue dries. Most of the time I use poplar and I sticks OK.
My gits are all 25.5" scale. The angle is from my miter box. No thought involved, but it does make for an unusually steep angle. When I glue the stock to the hed, I get it set, then I drill two holes through and add dowels to help reinforce the glue joint.
Sort of a Blues Frog design, I guess.
I use 13 degrees on all my ukes and sometime as much as 15 degrees on 25+ Scale length steel stringers.
I should probably work on a better angle, but I make it work for now.
Now that is some head stock angle.