I went a bit mad with the allen key access slot.  3C18E22F-265D-46DF-99B7-A8E4F6C0DC25.jpeg

Truss rod slot done.  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.  EB20F7F9-0A47-4FAB-A507-1659C3BE4FFB.jpeg

Marking up.  B3A1975F-B9CA-4BBD-98CA-2EA716BBAFBA.jpeg

Marking up  19635A2B-8248-4DA0-9203-0F21ADAD7757.jpeg

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

No, I don’t think so Darren.  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 ...

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 th...

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 ro...

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...

Looking forward to making a neck out of this.  FE6DA985-76CA-4D02-B960-4ED997BA197D.jpeg

Scarf joint went well, very strong.  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.  20298A93-33B9-42A6-...

Clamping.  209146C7-D4FF-420D-BD49-EAF1E4319848.jpeg

Clamping.  5342FF2D-D61F-4210-A857-20B7A528925E.jpeg

Clamping.  63F9C4C7-C65D-4439-827C-AC85E4F8D468.jpeg

Sanding and scraping.  2EBCE9DA-1E1A-405E-B881-A6C0CB5C9B04.jpeg