Cut the sides too short at the neck.

[MeasureTwice]

Starting my first build, a StewMac dred. Needed to cut the neck and tail ends of the sides so that they would fit into the Blues Creek mold I'm using (nice mold!) without overlapping. Tail cut went well but I messed up the neck cut. By the time I got it so that the ends would mate cleanly I had removed so much that there is now a 3/16th inch gap at the top when I put the sides in the mold with the spreaders. I'm thinking of attaching 3/64th inch shims, one or two on each side of the upper bout of the mold, essentially making a smaller mold that will allow the upper ends of the sides to come together when the spreaders hold them in place. Does this sound like a good approach or does anyone have any other suggestions?

Thanks. -Gregg

[tippie53]

Not a biggie
You can make a shim from your cut off. Remember it will be behind the neck so it won't show.
Also be sure you use the neck in the neck block to mark the centerline for the neck block.

[MeasureTwice]

John, I determined the centerline of the neck block as you demonstrated on the Neck Block Quick Tip video. Thanks!

Runningdog, thanks for the binding-router tip!