Not bad. 

Routing.

Routing done.

Sanding and scraping. 

Clamping.

Clamping.

Clamping.

More clamping. I must get some new and decent clamps. I’ll leave the glue to dry overnight and post the results tomorrow. 

Scarf joint went well, very strong. 

Looking forward to making a neck out of this.

What I have realised is that routing the headstock to thickness is done from the back of the headstock, not to the front. This also creates the volute. 

You got it! All makes perfect sense don't it?

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Yep, I’ve just got to mark it all out on the blank before I commit to routing. I may do a fine skim off the front face with the router too before I route the back. I need to mark the nut and volute in the right places. I have a neck to take references from. Any tips Mark please or do you trust me to work it all out? 

I can pretty much do it exactly to these dimensions. I intend to make an almost exact copy of this neck. It is a cheap Chinese neck (£20 eBay) with the scarf joint under the fretboard, not good. I will obviously put the joint in the other place, as you have taught us. 

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Will you be making a 3 strang ceeeeegaaaar box geeetah out of this? I hope so..... reduce, re-use, recycle and all that. Plus they're so much fun to play ? Nice work with the finished product though!

@james-chacewatergmail-com-2 Yep I’ll have a go but not made one before. I’m definitely committed to reusing/repurposing anything I can, I don’t like the throw-away society we have become. 

Marking up

Marking up.

Marking up. Now onto cutting the truss rod slot and routing the headstock to thickness. 

Truss rod slot done.