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Originally Posted by lumberjim
I glued the finger board on tonight.
Inserted the truss rod, masked it carefully
I forgot to take a pic of the glue. Clamps went on. It did try to slide around, but I think I have it centered enough. I'm going to cut close with the band saw and then either rout the edge again, or sand it.
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Reviewing this section to make sure I don't repeat mistakes. First, I think I'll glue the finger board on before I do any shaping of the neck. I'll use the clamping caul to keep pressure on the edges.
Tomorrow I'm going to cut the truss rod trench, cut the neck shape, and trim it, then glue the fret board on, making sure the nut and 12th fret line up with the marks on the template, so my scale length is right when I attach the neck to the body.
I'll probably do the inlay before I shape the neck too... May have a think about inserting frets before shaping too... Try to get the facing surface as done as can be before I lose the nice flat bottom...