Hi everyone,
Thanks for all the comments and encouragement so far!
I didn't take any pics this evening, but I was able to get my peghead glued on. I took the blank from the picture in my last post and sketched out where I wanted the notch for the truss rod adjustment. The bit that puzzled me for a little while on this was that the channel for the truss rod runs all the way to the top of the neck, and the truss rod cover has a small screw that needs to be mounted with it's bottom screw on top of the channel. What I ended up doing was leaving about a 1/4" of the ebony on the veneer at the very bottom (I'll post pics when the glue has set tomorrow night).
I then used my 2 part black epoxy I got through stew mac, very sparingly, and mixed them together in an old coffee mug. I used a small scrap of ebony from roughing out the peg head to smear the epoxy on the top of the peghead and the back of the veneer. I then put 4 clamps on it to hold everything nice and tight. I put a block and some folded up shop rags on the C-Clamps and just left my 2 quick-grip clamps as is because they have rubber feet. Hopefully they don't cause any problems.
I almost forgot to mention that I first sanded the back of the ebony veneer to allow the epoxy to create a tighter bond. I only remembered this step after the peg head was covered in epoxy, so I didn't get a chance to sand it, although it is fairly rough to begin with so I think I'll be alright.
Sorry for the lack of pictures tonight, I'll put more up tomorrow.
Brian
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