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For the electro socket I mark where the centre goes, drill with 3mm to be able to centre Forstner, then the 22mm Forstner (socket size) and last with 8mm bradpoint spiral for wiring. here's my tools for today; Haven't got much to share today, so here's a bit of an icky pic;

Drilling for wiring; I have to get my forstners from the bottom of a drawer before I can drill for the jack socket, it'll most likely be tomorrow before that happens.

Finally getting a bit of time to do some more work on this build;

O, you guys. You slay me... :roll: Haven't been able to do much (or any) work on the tele lately. Busy season has started. Evenings are spent dozing off, weekends spent catching up on sleep.

This build hasn't been updated in a while, mostly because I've been busy making ???. With Easter's long weekend and all I thought I'd see if I could get in some trouble in the garage. A new roundover bit (3,3mm or 1/8" radius) arrived by mail a week or so ago and I thought I'd give it a go. Went...

Little mock up. Everything's on there a bit crooked and I'll be cutting a new pickguard but this'll be the look of it. GSP TwangMaster (Dutch brand) in the bridge and HiLoTron in the neck; Whatchu say?

Thanks guys.

Had some time to spare, so I made a template for the bridge pickup; Hogged out the cavity using the drillpress; Slapped that template on; Voila;

Not a lot of time today, so not a lot got done; Then when i was setting up the router, baby came home. So...

You probably don't even see the difference in the pics, but now I'm happy with the profile. I see a whole lotta sanding coming.

Marked more area I want to take off; Time to get the spokeshave out; Mine is a cheap POS but it does the job; Starting to look like a neck, still doesn't feel like one, gotta take off some more; Transition needs some more work but I think we're almost there;

This is when I get in a good position and make sure I have plenty of light (preferably sun) on the workpiece. I want to be able to see the back of the neck and one of the sides so I can keep an eye on the lines I drew. The object is to rasp away all wood outside those lines. I will try and...

Thanks Marcus.

Been a while since the last update on this build. Figured I'd get to scrapin' away at the neck now the weather has gone from sour to sweet. Some have asked to go into a little more detail on the neck building process, happy to show the way I do it. Mind you; this is the way I do it, others have...

Got home, took a scrap from the box, drew lines and positions, taped to the 'jig' and went for it; Hmm, they're straight, just off the line... wuzzup with that? Oops, didn't clamp the fence right. OK corrected that; straight and on the mark. Well, here goes nothin'; Worked! here's a...

This would be the idea; Board with a line square to the base rides along the fence; On this board I fix the body so that centreline is alligned with the line on the board; Now I adjust the fence so the drill is directly over the holes' centreline. Not before this afternoon though...

Today I bolted the bridge on the body; To allign it I stretched a line from the middle of the nutslot to the butt of the body, centered over the neck. Apparently during neckmounting centreline has shifted somewhat so that's why it looks the bridge isn't positioned right. Bolted down the...

My pleasure.

Thanks felixcatus, I like a C shape.

Not very scientific, not even very safe... Recutting fretslots; To depth; Two or three swipes with a triangle needle file, using little to no pressure; Cut a piece of fretwire from a roll and bend it ever so slighty using thumbs and forefingers. I press the ends into the slot to have...