Posted by: @rocknroller912
Ive made a very rough sketch of how I would estimate the finished taper in wood.

@rocknroller912 Thanks for that, makes perfect sense 🙂

@rocknroller912 I’ll give that a go and see how I get on. I’ll likely need a cabinet scraper to finish it as I don’t have anything to do that with and my plane is only about 40mm wide.

@frank1985 also if you really wanted to you could put a laminate on top of the headstock to get the thickness back to what you planned.

@rocknroller912 I think what I’ll do is like you said, use some masking tape to get an idea of the angle I need.Not sure of the best approach to making the shims, the table saw would give accurate results but…   Read more»

Posted by: @robin I hadn’t thought about the screw holes being out of alignment, we so lucky to have helpful people in this group. @robin I’d have considered that, admittedly just after I’d put the first screw back in at…   Read more»

@boo thanks, I’ll have a look through those, I’ll not be buying from there though, way over priced. I feel I could make similar myself which will possibly only remain true until I try 😬

@rocknroller912 lots to think about there, it’s just the angle that needs raising so adding depth to the front edge of the heel. (Or arguably reducing the back) There’s no issue with a gap the fret board overhangs the neck…   Read more»