Topped

The maple came out pretty good. I was able to cut it roughly to the shape of the bat and glue it on. I left a fair bit of extra wood hanging over the edge. I will wait for the glue to dry and trim it all off using the same sanding techniques that I used on the curved surfaces before.

I'm glad that portion is over, I was pretty nervous about screwing it all up.

I also had to route out channels in the mahogany so that the wires can travel through later on.

I started off the channel by drilling a hole with a flat bottom Forstner bit where the pickup selector will go.

I used a small handheld router for the channel. This one has a transparent base and led lights. It makes it easy to see where you're going.

After tracing the bat on the maple, I cut it out using the scroll saw, leaving lots of excess that can be trimmed later.

Dry fitting to be sure.

more glued and clamps. And now I wait.