Glueing fretboard

[rocket]

In the past, as many others do, i've used the old, locating pin through fret slot method to locate the fretboard while the glueing procedure takes place, but this time i went for a different method. I've heard of this method before but thought it was slow, and time consuming, well my opinion hasn't changed but i found it usefull in this case.
This current build is for a customer who wanted the fretboard just plain ebony, no purfling at all, no inlay, and bound in ebony, i think it will have a nice contrast against the somewhat unusual purfling in the body and headstock.
Anyways,,,what i did was bind the fretboard after cutting the slots, sand the back flush and radius the front. So then i had a completely finished fretboard so i didn't wat the hastle of clearing out a couple of slots with a fret saw with the finished binding in place. So what i've done is glue tiny positioning blocks in place around the board so when i come to glue the fretboard i know it aint goin nowhere. A satisfactory result but i still prefer the pin in slot method.
Cheers,,,, Rod.

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[Kim]

That is pretty much how I have done mine because I do all the fret work before gluing the fretboard on.

I find that if you complete the neck as far as the heel and headstock transition goes leaving only around 180mm of wood 5 or 6mm proud of the FB on either side of the neck shaft, and make a nut blank to fit the slot, you only need 4 positioning tabs as the tapper of the board and blank nut placed in its slot holds everything nicely.

Cheers

Kim

[kiwigeo]

Rod,

One question - How do you deal with glue squeeze out where the little blocks are? Guess you could coat the side of the block that faces the fretboard with wax.

Cheers Martin

[jeffhigh]

I just use pins made from 2mm plastic rod (side dot marker stock)
Cut them so they only protrude 3mm from the neck face and then I can install the finished and fretted board without having to pull pins or leave fret slots empty.

[rocket]

Martin, i haven't done it this way before, but i've already cleaned most of the squeeze out off, the rest will be removed when i shape the neck as the binding is blended in to the curve of the neck.
Rod.