Today I worked on installing the truss rod, kerfing and sanding. I also cut the slotted ebony finger board to size and glued the ebony peghead overlay veneer to the neck.
The truss rod was placed in the neck slot which I cut last week using the table saw. I also needed to drill a hole to accept the anchor lug at the end of the rod. I then cut and fitted maple filler strips to cover the rod. Here's a pic of the strips glued and being held with camps.
After the glue set up, I planed and sanded the filler strips to make them smooth with the top of the neck.
This is a pic of the ebony peghead overlay veneer being glued and held in place to the headstock.
Here we have the sides and blocks all glued up and ready for the kerfing.
The kerfing was fitted and glued to both the top and bottom of the sides. Clothpins and clamps were used to hold the kerfing tight to the sides for drying. Notice the unused kerfing at the bottom of the pictures.
After drying, I removed all clothpins and clamps. Only I thing left to do......
Sand, sand, sand....
Mark said to make sure the inside looks good.
Just in case someone peeks inside later on!
Now that you have said it, I'm going to make a point to look inside!
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