overcarved heel?

[jread]

calling for backup..

I am following the stewmac neck carving templates to get close then eyeball my necks. I overshot my target by a bit on this one. The shaft is good and on thickness spec. But the curve and the heel itself are a bit small. Does anyone have the eye or experience to know if I've built a neck that will snap in half or do you feel this will be OK? I don't need to carve it smaller, just need to bring it back to level w/ top. I have elevation and angle set. The heel got pretty small w/ all my overcorrections in angle. I leave it far rougher next time until after setting it.

thanks!

[tippie53]

your find the older martins were rather dainty so your fine

[jread]

thanks! I was going for that but then got really nervous as all my cheap guitars have size 13 shoes right there.

[tippie53]

your fine

[Diane Kauffmds]

Like John said, some old Martins had some pretty small heels.