I had some mahogany for neck blanks from many years ago and I decided to laminate the pieces with walnut and maple to add a little width to the headstock. The general process was to cut the excess off the heel end to laminate to make the heel. The remainder was then glued to have the laminate center strip. One end will become the headstock, so a 15 degree scarf joint was cut using a jig on the bandsaw. Once the headstock is cut off then it has to be thicknessed to allow for the tuners later. This was also done on the bandsaw using a rip fence. The rough scarf joint and the thicknessing was then cleaned up using a hand plane. The heel block and headstock were then glued in place using a jig. I ended up with 5 neck blanks that are for 24.5 in scale.
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