@dhawkes1gmail-com measure the nut, they vary in size. I often just run a 9mm for the nut and the access channel. As long as the main part of the rod is snug it's fine. Here's a live Mark did, shows ...

@robin Marks method is so quick too, takes me no time to do a neck these days.

@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. Attachment : 20230626_171934.jpg Attachment : 20230626_17...

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,...

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 ...

Body wings glued on and cut out, I did forget to do the side dots first but I think I'll manage lol Attachment : 20230624_225613-01.jpeg

@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 Attachment : SquarePic_20230623_17560993.jpg

Got a bit more done today Attachment : 20230622_130442.jpg Attachment : 20230622_164412.jpg Attachment : 20230622_225744.jpg

@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...

@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 fretboar...

@rathius you have to dribble it into the slot before banging the fret in, you can use wood glue like titebond original too, cleans up with a damp cloth. The glue doesn't so much hold the fret in as fi...

@kalimar I like routing the trussrod channel while the blank is still squared, I use a fence on my router to follow the edge of the blank. Then for the actual neck I make the fretboard and once it'...

Ok so I got new binding, going with an ivory as I think it'll look great with the black limba. I'll choose some other pickups. Did my first ever 12th fret inlay, bought a jewellers saw and some fancy ...

New bindind arrived today, it's to white, so now I have two that don't match the pickups lol. Anyway ordered another, 3rd time lucky hopefully. In the meantime I got the headstock all shaped, thickn...

Turns out the binding is to yelllow when you get it in good light but I have more browny coloured cream binding on the way which should match the pickups better, it's more yellow than it looks in the ...