In The Shop: Fitting Dovetail Shims during a Neck Reset on a 1937 Martin D-18 | Elderly.com

The neck reset of a 1937 Martin D-18 continues on today’s episode of ‘In The Shop’, with Joe Konkoly meticulously handcrafting two dovetail shims to ensure a perfect fit.
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[@carterchiasson]

A master of his craft

[@bruceherrmann1219]

I started doing neck resets in the 80's and needed a way to mark the dovetail joint for adjustments... as a Dentist I thought of articulating paper and brought some home from work. It proved to be a reliable way to get transfer marks and adjust the joint where you needed to remove small amounts of wood. I'm sure somebody else thought of it first but it's worked for
me all these years. I noticed that articulating paper (we use it to mark high spots in a person's bite and adjust for ideal fit of restorations -crowns, fillings etc.) is now sold on Amazon. We use paper than can also mark in red, might be useful but I've always just stayed with blue. Thought I'd throw that in. Thanks for the excellent video.

[@frejeri]

Thank you for allowing everyone to watch and learn. It is a pleasure to watch

[@Goomer]

Some great work there.

[@bluesfool1]

Awesome! Thanks for showing how to do that

[@marclaurent8202]

That is exactly the method I use to shim a neck when re-setting but It is always good to learn some extra tricks from you. Many thanks for sharing you knowledge.

[@markwybierala4936]

One of the best video descriptions I’ve seen for this process. Thank you. Picked up more than a couple of those indispensable tricks like the block with the stop for use on the belt sander that will help me to avoid loosing the skin on my fingertips. It’s terrible when that happens right before a gig.

[@edmiller4149]

Excellent video,Joe ! You’re helping me understand the dovetail reset job so I can do same in a Harmony I just traded for. Thanks.

[@alanbarnosky5566]

these videos are so cool, thank you for doing them!

[@waynemiracle8928]

A great example of the tedious work of an expert luthier!

[@BKPmax]

Thanks for the video - but this amateur is confused: Shims are tapered? Why? Are all dovetail neck shims tapered to start? "Top to bottom" - What orientation is top and bottom? I assume to know, but this was not established...

[@pmscalisi]

No wonder builders are choosing bolt on options. The dovetail makes a great interlocking joint but very time consuming.