What is this contraption?
I have just spent nearly a week working out what the break angle should be on the neck pocket.
I got all sort of answers anywhere between 0 and 3 degrees.
In the end I decide to cut the pocket flat and then insert a shim. But what size shim. They are not cheap to buy.
So I unlimbered the trusty Triton and tried to make some shims of various degrees by slicing up a piece of the Queenland Mahogany that the body is made from.
I cut a piece twice as long the shim which gave me a wider cut at the top of the the shim and the saw could slice out anywhere it liked.
I am very happy with the result the shims need a little of sanding to level across them. Only about .3mm at max. Either the the saw or the piece of wood was not quite vertical.
Here is the result before I have trimmed them to the correct length and sanded them flat. The thinnest is 1 degree the thickest 3 degrees.
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