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Hello. I have looked up the v-joint tutorial in the archives but there are no pics available even though there are pic icons. Please help. Thanks.

Are you talking about the early Martin style "birds beak" head stock joint? There was a really good article in an older American Lutherie where they showed two different ways to do it. If thats what you are looking for I could go find the back issue.

ps - I'm guessing the pics were hosted at Photobucket and many of us have stop using that hosting site

You tube has several "V" or "birds beak" making videos. Just type in "v joint guitar neck"

I think this photo came from Frets.com, but the crack on the neck and the way the grain runs plus the weakness of the joint at the crack, convinced me that it was maybe not the best joint for that area...

There are several types of "V" joint. The modified bridle joint (a.k.a. "birds beak") has some elements of a V joint and like the V joint is in compression when under string tension so it is being "pulled" together rather than being pulled apart. I think it is a very strong joint when properly made.
A quick explanation of cutting the joint is that a "V" is cut in the neck shaft looking end on. And then for the angle cuts, the top and bottom are cut at the same angle as the peghead will have. The middle cut can be made parallel to the neck shaft or changed to give a shorter "stub", but the angle made by the opening left is used to cut the sloped trench in the peghead.