sjaguar13 Posted June 23, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2003 I'm having a really hard time doing this. Does the splice have to be a single piece of wood, or can I glue in little pieces until the crack is full? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted June 24, 2003 Report Share Posted June 24, 2003 The more pieces you have the greater chance of a weak joint in there somewhere. Just take your time, you might even have to cut n carve several to get it right if your not used to working with wood. One thing that could help you out is to drop by a local hardware store and ask about shim material, you'll get way more then you need for the job but it is really cheap compaired to the hassle of trying to slice n splice from a maple board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stockler707 Posted June 24, 2003 Report Share Posted June 24, 2003 I'm thinking that this probably won't help in your situation... but just in case Here's what StewMac has to say. -Hugh :..lj..: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjaguar13 Posted June 24, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2003 What is shim material? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted June 24, 2003 Report Share Posted June 24, 2003 they are precut wedge's of wood normally used to sure up door and window frames in houses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjaguar13 Posted June 24, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2003 So I glue the wedge in the crack, then sand until it's smooth with the neck? I'm guessing the wedge won't line up exactly with the crack. Do I use filler and fill in the gaps, or do I glue in other pieces of wood? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setch Posted June 24, 2003 Report Share Posted June 24, 2003 I'd remove material from the neck, until you have a smooth flat surface to glue to. Then, I'd prepare a piece of maple, and scarf it onto the onto the break. I'd remove material from the head too, creating another flat glueing face, and join this to the neck. With neck repairs it's all or nothing - if you have all the pieces of even a pretty savage break, you can inject plenty of wood glue, clamp carefully, and it should be fine. However, lose even a fairly minor piece and you'll have to either scarf in a patch, or a whole new headstock. See here for some helpfull pics and info... New Head Scarfed Repair These are fairly tricky repairs to undertake if you've little or no woodworking experience, so you may want to try a local repair guy. If his quote is more than you can afford, what do you have to lose? -Setch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjaguar13 Posted June 25, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2003 Should I take out a rectangle or just make the edges flat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjaguar13 Posted June 26, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2003 I was bored today and I started sanding a little piece of wood to fit in the crack. After sanding it for a little while and smelling it, I figured out it was cedar......guessing it's not the best wood for the job. There is a little gap but not very wide or deep. Does that matter? I clamped it together to see what it looks like and I was going to take a picture of it, but my batteries are dead in my camera. Also, that first link is pretty good. Should I bust the headstock off and add a huge piece like he did? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjaguar13 Posted July 1, 2003 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2003 How am I doing? Do I just glue in a piece a wood like this (wood other than cedar) and sand it down? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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