I went a bit mad with the allen key access slot. < span style="color: #666;"> Attachment :  3C18E22F-265D-46DF-99B7-A8E4F6C0DC25.jpeg

Truss rod slot done. < span style="color: #666;"> Attachment :  7913BFEA-B697-422E-8D97-0C6FC8438BAA.jpeg

From the little bit I saw today, this looked like an interesting session, I will go and watch it from the start. Thanks to you both Mark and Carol.

Marking up. Now onto cutting the truss rod slot and routing the headstock to thickness. < span style="color: #666;"> Attachment :  EB20F7F9-0A47-4FAB-A507-1659C3BE4FFB.jpeg

Marking up. < span style="color: #666;"> Attachment :  B3A1975F-B9CA-4BBD-98CA-2EA716BBAFBA.jpeg

Marking up < span style="color: #666;"> Attachment :  19635A2B-8248-4DA0-9203-0F21ADAD7757.jpeg

I’m on iPad by the way. How are you doing?

No, I don’t think so Darren. < span style="color: #666;"> Attachment :  BDD36932-DFBF-4A18-8AE2-B72F4E33BA55.jpeg

@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.

Excellent idea!

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 wil...

Posted by: @ 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 nu...

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. < span style="color: #666;"> Attachment : &nb...

Looking forward to making a neck out of this. < span style="color: #666;"> Attachment :  FE6DA985-76CA-4D02-B960-4ED997BA197D.jpeg

Scarf joint went well, very strong. < span style="color: #666;"> Attachment :  65907F09-5590-4113-85D1-E1EAC972B85D.jpeg

More clamping. I must get some new and decent clamps. I’ll leave the glue to dry overnight and post the results tomorrow. < span style="color: #666;"> Attachment :  20298A93-33B9-42A6-B6D0-EEF...

Clamping. < span style="color: #666;"> Attachment :  209146C7-D4FF-420D-BD49-EAF1E4319848.jpeg

Clamping. < span style="color: #666;"> Attachment :  5342FF2D-D61F-4210-A857-20B7A528925E.jpeg

Clamping. < span style="color: #666;"> Attachment :  63F9C4C7-C65D-4439-827C-AC85E4F8D468.jpeg

Sanding and scraping. < span style="color: #666;"> Attachment :  2EBCE9DA-1E1A-405E-B881-A6C0CB5C9B04.jpeg