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New neck for a Martin OM kit
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 3:11 pm
by segovia
I bought an OM kit from JH a while ago I have assembled the body and I am now ready to join the neck to the body. The neck is a bit too thin at the nut for my playing style so I was contemplating making a new neck from scratch. This will benefit in two ways as I get to practice neck making I get a neck of the width I desire. It's a dovetail neck joint, what are the chances of matching the new dovetail with the existing pre cut neck block ?
J
Re: New neck for a Martin OM kit
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 4:09 pm
by tippie53
practice with some poplar from home depot and I bet afer 3 necks you will have it down
Re: New neck for a Martin OM kit
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 6:27 pm
by Jim_H
I think there are some tutorials on carving a dovetail by hand, using hand tools (saws and chisels) over on the OLF.
Like John said, for practice get some cheap wood from the local borg store. I
Re: New neck for a Martin OM kit
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 6:29 pm
by segovia
Thanks john
Do you you know the angle of the dove tail bit, a they all 7 degrees?
J
Re: New neck for a Martin OM kit
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 2:14 pm
by segovia
tippie53 wrote:practice with some poplar from home depot and I bet afer 3 necks you will have it down
Do you know the dovetail bit angle on the OM kits, is it 7 degrees?
J
Re: New neck for a Martin OM kit
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 7:11 am
by tippie53
I think they are 9
Re: New neck for a Martin OM kit
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 5:38 am
by hummingbird
Same situation with me. I just narrowed the fretboard a bit then added bindings to make it wider. I increased it to 1.75" from 1 11/16. When sanding I just blended it in. You can't even notice the fretboard is wider than the neck at the top.