Shaping the neck

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After the fingerboard is glued, I began to shape the neck in preparation for gluing it to the body.
First I shape the 2 part at the head to neck joint curving the joint.
I use saw and chisel to remove the main bulk of the waste then shape the curve with file and sandpaper.
Following that, I saw away the excess neck at the 2 sides of the fingerboard.
Then i plane it back to the fingerboard width.
Next I shape the neck to the correct thickness at the head part and the head neck joint at the back of the head.

Shaping the head neck part.

Sand to shape

Removing neck excess at the 2 sides of fingerboard

Plane the width back to the size of the fingerboard

Shaping the neck near the 1st fret region.

A preview of the neck

Finished sanding the neck

Another preview

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The fingerboard was leveled with a flat bar.
Lights are used to check whether the fingerboard is flat or not.

Sanding the fingerboard flat

Check for flatness

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Next the fingerboard end near the soundhole is sawn and shaped accordingly with files.
Have to take into consideration the 20th fret.

Sawing away the excess fingerboard at the sound hole end.

Bulk of the waste is sawn. Now shaping with files

Fingerboard is shaped nicely