Neck Fitting Gizmo

[Greg Steil]

I always struggle with the heel to body fit on my Ukes. Here's my attempt at making it easier. All-Thread into fittings sunk into the "work board". Home made(more threaded inserts) knobs and clamps to hold neck and body in some sort of alignment. Hunk of thin plastic called "See-Temp" from the model airplane side of things, with self adhesive sandpaper. I dowel my necks on, so we'll see how this works. Pretty sure this has probably been done in some way before, but folks like us tend to enjoy the tinkering aspect I think. We'll see how this one works out. A shim under the nut area could give some tilt I suppose.

[Greg Steil]

well apparently my image is too large. Back to the drawing board and try to figure out how to get an image up. Hang in there

[Greg Steil]

Hows about now?

[Greg Steil]

Hah, must not have been holding my mouth right.

[JC Whitney]

So do you set it up nice and snug against the sandpaper, sand away, and then snug it up again until the deed is done? Very slick.

[Greg Steil]

yes, I pull the sandpaper back and forth, and then give the body a slight tap with my fretting hammer and do it until it fits just right. I did forget to mention that the jig also will hold Tenor Ukes as well.

[Ron Daves]

Hey Greg: Nice jig. I have lots of fun making jigs. I did a bolt-on neck on the uke that I built. I set up a similar jig. Not as elegant as yours. It's broken down and gone, now. This jig allowed me to slide the neck back and forth.