Back to the Neck

My new band saw blades arrived and after a lot of fuss with the old saw, it's up and running smooth and straight. I had to make some permanent modifications to get the tracking just right, but it looks like its all set now.

I cut the neck out with the band saw and then clamped it in the vise and started carving out the final neck shape.  I was a little nervous about this part. The bottom half came out alright. It's pretty late now so I'll take on the top half tomorrow.

It was exciting to see the neck look all neck shaped. It already works great for air guitar.. or wood guitar?

 

 

 

Here it is in the wood vise, ready to be attacked with the old rusty rasp laying there on the edge of the bench.

 

 

And finally after 20 minutes of scraping away the corner. There is probably a particular shape this is supposed to have. This guitar is one of a kind so with that in mind, I just stop and feel it out every minute or so. When it feels ready for face melting metal shreds, I'll stop :)