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Tip on keeping neck and fretboard from sliding when gluing.

Posted by Dianne Woods on April 6, 2010 at 3:00pm

Just wanted to let everyone know the tip I read or saw on the site works.

Use a small wooden dowell, drill a couple holes through the neck and the fretboard. I drilled one hole at one end and the other at the other end. Apply glue, smooth it with a card, put them together; then stick the dowells through the holes. I put some glue on the dowells before sticking them in the holes. Apply clamps. Let glue dry, cut off the dowells, and sand. The dowells are great to keep the boards from sliding everywhere. It is a great tip. To whoever I got it from----thanks.

Tags: gluing, problem--sliding
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  • Penny Nelson May 30, 2011 at 4:35pm
    great tip - thanks..
  • James Carpenter April 8, 2010 at 3:01pm
    I use some short 1/16" brass rod, and drill through either a fret slot or the center of a dot marker, through the fingerboard barely into the neck. The clamping caul has holes to accept the rod sticking out. Glue up, pull the rod out with some nippers after the glue dries, and disappear the hole with the dot marker or fret. Same effect, but if you don't want to see the indexing dowels, there you go. Fretless, you're on your own.
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