Build - TL-1

[McCreed]

Your basic principle for transferring is good, however, in pic #1 the neck heel looks to be a bit skew-whiff with the neck pocket.
Did you have the neck clamped when you punched the nail?

Also, I'd be concerned about the difference in diameter of the hole vs. the nail. Looks like it would be easy to get the nail accidentally off-centre. This is why I have a set of graduated (diameter) transfer punches. That said, I'm ridiculously pedantic about these things .

If you haven't already, be sure the neck screws are able to pass through the body holes with very little to no resistance. ie: you have to turn the screws to get them through the body. You only want the screws to be gripping the hole in the neck heel. This will make for a much tighter mating of heel face and pocket floor.

[vivek_rc]

Your basic principle for transferring is good, however, in pic #1 the neck heel looks to be a bit skew-whiff with the neck pocket.
Did you have the neck clamped when you punched the nail?

Also, I'd be concerned about the difference in diameter of the hole vs. the nail. Looks like it would be easy to get the nail accidentally off-centre. This is why I have a set of graduated (diameter) transfer punches. That said, I'm ridiculously pedantic about these things .

If you haven't already, be sure the neck screws are able to pass through the body holes with very little to no resistance. ie: you have to turn the screws to get them through the body. You only want the screws to be gripping the hole in the neck heel. This will make for a much tighter mating of heel face and pocket floor.

Hi Mcreed, Trevor

Thanks for the advice and guidance. These are the 4 screws I got in the kit and they definitely don’t slot into the holes easily unless I drive them in with a screwdriver, should I get smaller wood screws?



Also Mcreed, the photo with the neck at a slight angle was just for the photo, I ensured the neck was aligned before marking the spots with the nail