@rathius put the rotuer down and grab a shinto saw rasp lol
 
I love hand carving the neck
 
But, sometimes like with doing the truss rod channel I’ll use a clamp or clamp and piece of wood as a stop.
 
 

Got the middle aged man belly carve done today, held the binding on to see how it’ll look. Top carve will be down to the binding.
 

You usually need a wider bit for that end, or if you used a rounded router bit you need to square off the bottom of the channel for the blocks. Check the size of the nut with vernier callipers though,…   Read more»

Got most of the routing done today, floyd lines up nice too. Still waiting on a cavity template set that should’ve been here last week before I do any more. Well apart for the belly carve, I could do that…   Read more»

Body wings glued on and cut out, I did forget to do the side dots first but I think I’ll manage lol
 

@russ well it’s ordered! Ooft lol

And today it neck carvy day. Just bought a laser engraver too so I can start adding a logo! Ooft lol
 

Got a bit more done today
 

@robin but it is straight lines and defined curves, then it’s just glue all the bits in lol

@robin you can get retangles of abalone and stuff off ebay, that’s what I did with a view to chopping them up to make an inlay.   Mind you, i fancy doing a scaley dragon or something down a fretboard…   Read more»

@russ my life is one big faff lol

@bpower Cheers. The secret is a dark ebony board, sawdust and superglue disappears!

@rathius I know it sucks but you’re learning, I learnt mostly from making mistakes but now I feel so confident, know exaclty what I’m doing and don’t get so stressed. Carving the edge of the fretboard is ok as long…   Read more»