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Chris Ensor
 Post subject: Mortise Size
PostPosted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 11:27 am 
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How wide do most people make their neck mortise?

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 Post subject: Re: Mortise Size
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Yep, 3/4" seems to be standard. Martin M/T necks and three CNC suppliers that I know of use 3/4".

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I use the 3/4 tenon.
Barrel bolts are no problem. If you can't find the exact size you can grind the ends a little, you might need to hacksaw the screw slot a little deeper if you do that so you can still get the bolt-hole lined up correctly.

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For anyone who is having trouble finding the hardware locally- The Lowe's in my town seems to have a better assortment of fasteners than Home Depot but did not know what a barrel bolt was. After much sifting through the hardware drawers, I found what I was looking for. They were labeled as "cross dowels".

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Todd Stock wrote:
theguitarwhisperer wrote:
I use the 3/4 tenon.
Barrel bolts are no problem. If you can't find the exact size you can grind the ends a little, you might need to hacksaw the screw slot a little deeper if you do that so you can still get the bolt-hole lined up correctly.


...or just mill the mortise and tenon a little wider to provide clearance. ;)


Sure. If you want to.

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Yup.
I pretty much lay out every guitar as I go.
You can modify the approach to fit the hardware if you want.
Or you can make the neck tenon how you want it and modify the hardware to fit it instead.
It's a very flexible approach.

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Filippo Morelli wrote:
Best part of not having a mortise. :mrgreen:

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If you don't have a mortise, where do you stick your tenion? beehive

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 Post subject: Re: Mortise Size
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Filippo doesn't have a tenon. Or, it's very small. I don't know, I haven't seen it.

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