Thinline with armrest and belly cut.

I sand the Korina neck wood by hand, results are good, heel is only 0.11mm (0.0043¨) thinner than headstock.
I manage to make the neck little bit thinner than normal at heel, 18.78mm instead of 19.05mm, when varnish will be add I believe thickness will be fine.

 

Here is a Jig I make from a Corian scrap.
Thanks to Muzikp I have the measurments to make a Telecaster Baja neck.

 

As I do not know if the neck will be fine after curving, I decide to build it in reverse order, I do not want to have my cocobolo fingerboard glued on a neck that is not correctly shaped.
So after a detailed reading of :

1. http://www.tdpri.com/forum/tele-home-depot/79699-building-one-piece-neck.html
2. http://www.tdpri.com/forum/tele-home-depot/317748-neck-carving-drawing-creating-facets-wood-2.html
3. http://www.tdpri.com/forum/tele-home-depot/314349-building-two-piece-neck-limited-resources.html
This all considered as tutorials IMO.

I begin the neck shaping .It took me about four hours of planning, filing and sanding but the result was beyond my expectations

 

I nail two nails at the neck, at the side where the fingerboard is going to rest, one at the heel and another one close the nut. Their heads where cut and then press the fingerboard on the nails until I have two clear marks.
Then I drill a small whole at either mark, replace the nails with toothpicks and here are my invisible locating pins.

 

Something I want to share...
It Might Get Loud - (Full) Amazing Documentary With Page, Edge and White

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2y9KEtiQ8CM

 

Thank you Sir, comments like this inspires me confidence to go on, I really appreciate it.

 

Since my truss rod and fret wire has not arrive yet I decide to make an adjustable leather guitar strap for my thinline.
I cut two strips, one thick and one narrow, at the thick strip I cut eleven rectangle wholes, with a punch tool I make from a small hacksaw blade.

After I finish the strap I paint the Japanese flag and with white color I write at Japanese the date 03/11/2011.

That was the date Japan was heat buy a devastating earthquake following from the lethal tsunami, which cost the life to so many people.

I want to say thanks to member Jupiter for helping me to translate the date to Japanese numerals.

 

Thank you very much.
Good luck with your build,I am already sudscribed.

 

Hi Rick,
It is nice to talk to you again.
Thank you very much for your comments.
I am waiting my truss rods to come, not much to do... right now I do some finishing work on the body.

 

New stain for the year to come…
Happy New Year everyone.
Four hours to go for Greece.

 

Update.
New neck build begun.
Sapele with Cocobolo fingerboard.
Just took the photo.
I’ll write script tomorrow,see it is a little bit late here.
God bless everyone, Happy New Year.

 

Thank you Sir, I believe so
Happy New Year.

 

I hope to make a Telecaster neck and not a firewood.
Happy New Year Herb.

 

I cut the neck shape with my router and my corian jig, then I made the truss rod channel and fit inside a double action truss rod, sorry no pics, then glue the fingerboard.
Drill the machine heads holes, first on the corian jig, then I use the jig to drill the holes on the headstock
After that I cut thin the headstock with this complicate jig I made




And it was then… I notice that the third tuner hole was oval???
I make a duel





After that I fitted the duel in the tuner hole and drill again the hole.

 

I always wanted a Ross, but never had the chance to get one…
I made that substitute of this useful machine, just to do my job.
I wrap a socket tool with sandpaper disassemble this… and make this... I set the fence and trim the headstock.