@rockpile99 Thanks for the additional tips!  I like the sawdust in the center of the block tip, as well as marking the edges of the board with a pencil to see when you’ve accomplished the correct thickness.

@peter-johnson Those are all the reasons for me wanting one!!!  

@russ Thanks!  Feels like good progress!

@clinton Thanks! No marker dots on the fretboard, just the side only!

@clinton Got that done last night too!

Was able to get my fretboard radiused accurately (thanks for the tips!), the neck carve completed, and frets in yesterday.  Good progress.  On to the body routes next.
 

@clinton Thanks for the tips!  I was able to get it completed last night, with patience and gentle pressure.

@tv101  That’s why I do it!  I forgot to mention – I keep telling her that guitar building is a “subtractive” process… 

@tv101 I will try my best to think of it that way!  Every time I come back into the kitchen from my shop in the garage, my wife says I must love sanding, because I’m covered in sawdust… I just…   Read more»