Starting the neck

Decided to start working on the neck today.
After the maple top carving, I've gotten over my obsession to make the "perfect Les Paul". I'd been thinking I was going to make a jig to cut the scarf joint neck angle using my table saw, but decided that it wasn't necessary and I'll see if I can freehand it or make a simpler jig for the bandsaw and cut the angle.

Here, I'm using my Indian made Anant jointer plane to square up one of the edges for the neck.




Shavings from the jointer plane... ahhh that's sharp!




I made a practice cut for the neck scarf joint on a wider piece of oak, freehanded on the band saw (no fence). That turned out pretty good. I think it was a 16 or 17 degree angle, so if I wanted to cut it with the mitre slot, I'd have to make a special jig for it.
I decided it was good enough to go ahead and cut the scarf joint for the neck mahogany freehand as well. The cut on the red oak was perfectly reasonable to be cleaned up with a plane, scraper, or sandpaper.




Verifying the cut on the band saw was square.




Here is the neck clamped on the workbench. I did do a practice clamp, but as soon as I put the glue on, I found the scarf wanted to slide under the pressure of the clamps. Need to clamp the neck lengthwise (I used the attachment plywood for my vise to anchor one end, and clamped the neck on the other end too). THEN... clamp the two pieces together so they don't slide.