How to spline a broken neck heel

[simso]

Smashing though this backlog of guitar repairs.

Another one of interest for folks

How to spline a neck heel

http://www.mirwa.com.au/HTS_Spline_Neck_Heel.html

[kiwigeo]

How to spline a broken neck heel and not get sued???

[simso]

We will have to wait and see, you never know

Steve

[Mark McLean]

I enjoyed that one. Who built the guitar? Beautiful - and clearly not a factory product.

[simso]

Customer built that one himself, under the one on one direction of the talented Jeffrey Yong.

Steve

[jeffhigh]

Can't see the point in this spline, it gives little or no material near the critically stressed area at the outside of the break.
Just gluing it up with HHG and setting the insert in with epoxy would work well.

[simso]

Al good, and a fair question.

Normally glue is sufficient to repair a broken neck heel, many heel fractures that is all I do as well, that is glue it and refit.

The fracture on this neck was located at the insert, the splines add side strength to that location and go to the depth of the insert only, there was also a requirement to replace some of the wood that was also missing at that bottom insert location.

Steve

[Mark McLean]

Customer built that one himself, under the one on one direction of the talented Jeffrey Yong.

Ah, yes. Now that you mention it I can clearly see the Jeffrey Yong style there. We haven't heard from him in quite a while around these parts.......