Dale's neck work

The new torch (which I really like) is set in place, the headstock is bound and purfled with abalone, and the fingerboard is being glued and clamped onto the neck.

Everything is bound with bees wing narra to match the body

After the glue sets the fingerboard is given a final flattening and a 16 inch radius with a rather expensive sanding block.This extruded aluminum block has been machined both flat longitudinally and given a curved cross section.  It trues up the neck very nicely, just takes a lot of elbow grease.