I have been working on a number of banjo necks and I thought I should post some pics of my quick and dirty peg head beveling techniques.
I always place my nuts on the fingerboard surface but this methoid could work for nuts on the peg head face too.
First, I prep my neck blanks with my #7 and #8 planes, square them up, route for truss rods, glue on headstock ears if needed etc.
Then I pick out my veneer of choice and rough it into square on the belt sander.
Then I pull out "The Peg Head Edge Beveller Mk. I"
It's just a square block of maple with 80 grit paper stuck to one side and some blue tape to protect the neck blank.
Used like so it fine tunes the edge of the peg head veneer to match the angle of the headstock so your wind up with a seamless transition to the nut with very little work down the line.
For glue up time I use a piece of 3/8" acrylic clamped to my neck blank to index the veneer.
Glue and clamp and your off to the races!
When I glue up my fingerboards I use an acrylic nut spacer to get the fingerboard in the right place.
I'll shoot some pics of that set up when I get to it.
Enjoy!
Louis
