Checking the angle before gluing. All looks good. There is no more lacquer on the neck.
Mixed hide glue overnight.
Heated to 61C (~145F) using double boiler mason jar and multimeter thermometer
Prepping the joint. Dollar store brush.
Using an ancient hair dryer, I preheat the mortise/tenon.
And in a frustrating blur of hand movements, I nervously glued the neck back on the guitar.
I've tested the new angle again afterwards with the high/low E strings. Everything looks great.
Next step would be to cut out two little 'wings' of mahogany to be glued at the top removed fretboard. After leveling the area, the fretboard segment can be reglued, re-radiused and leveled, and refretted. That would be it for wood working. Grain/pore filling and finishing would be the final step.
-Andy
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