For those who scarf join

[Guest Litchfield Custom Gutars]

I have the wood joined, but I dont know how to safely cut off my excess. I'll post pics in a couple mins, further explaining what I mean. The wood on the top, where the fretboard goes, needs to come off.

[Guest Litchfield Custom Gutars]

[jbkim]

Wow, big headstock... leave it like that .

I think I pointed you to Jon Tirone's (Fishbake) repair site before. Actually, I'm surprised you didn't cut it closer to shape before glueing... but it does look kinda cool huge like that .

[Guest Litchfield Custom Gutars]

I was kinda considering an explorer headstock.

[Guitarfrenzy]

Headstock template, flush trim router bit?

[daveq]

Here's one thing I've done for this in the past-

Band saw most of the excess and be careful not to drop below the line.

Use a belt sander to smooth it but don't get too close to the line.

Use a flat board (or glass,...) and double stick tape sand paper to it.

Hold the heel end parallel to the board and sand the excess down until it becomes flush.

It may seem like a lot of work but it does work and it's the safest way I have found for that case. I used to use a jointer but found it created some big problems.

Good luck.

[Primal]

I think its easier to just use your neck stock for the scarf joint and then add wings for the headstock.

Here you can see the 12 degree angle drawn on the neck stock.

The two piece after being sanded flat on a belt sander.

Gluing the pieces together.

This gives you a level surface for the fretboard (after minor sanding on the belt sander to remove glue).

[westhemann]

this was on an already existing neck with a broken headstock

[daveq]

this was on an already existing neck with a broken headstock

Right, I think it was a Les Paul, wasn't it?

Even if you were to build a new neck - for the type of headstock he wants, I'd prefer not to glue wings on. I think the wings look great for something that has a 3x3 or 4x2 but for an explorer style headstock, I don't like using wings.

From looking at it - I'm wondering if you have enough space for an explorer headstock? When I do that type, I usually offset the blank more to give me the space I need. It's hard to tell from the pic.

Nice looking neck you have there - is that peruvian walnut?