I failed to keep the razor saw straight while cutting the channel where the nut sits. As a result, the nut slot is about 1mm too wide on the treble side. The slot hasn't been cleared yet. How would you approach correcting this?

Thanks for any help.

Ron M.

I think we may need a bit more information to help you out, a picture would also be helpfull.

What type of nut are you planning, one of the martin style which sits on the head stock veneer and is angle to match? Or the gibson style which sits between the headstock veneer (which is cut at an angle to match the plane of the fretboard surface on the neck) and the end of the fretboard?

Ron:
How thick does the new nut have to be? I have some slightly oversized Weiss blanks.

Another tip...I use a piece of 1/2" ply (with one end cut at the peghead angle) clamped to the headstock to make a nice, clean paring cut to size the nut slot. Make a saw cut about 1/64" shy of the line, then clamp guide in place and finish up.

Sorry Ron, I didn't read your thread properly. I thought you where talking about the nut, not the nut slot. Whoops!! Todd will set you straight on whats the best plan to fix the problem.

Cheers

Alan

This is one of those tasks that just needs to be done right - recutting the nut slot accurately for a slightly thicker nut seems to me to be the way to go.

You could re-cut the slot accurately as Todd suggests, and make a new nut that fills the new slot, only add an s-curve, sort of like vintage Martins. Like this, only an appropriate shape for a Weissenborn


The bottom of the nut would fill the slot, but the nut won't look oversize, and if the ramp blends into the veneer gracefully, it could become an elegant detail.

Pat