With the fingerboard glued to the neck, it was time to tackle the last major part that needed to be made on the mandolin: shaping the back of the neck. This was accomplished by filing the sides of the neck small sections at a time. In this shot the first part filed would be the edges of the neck on each side.
This shows the one side of the neck filed. I'll then repeat this on the other side of the neck.
The next section to be filed would be the area between the two parellel lines. Again, repeating the same on the other side.
After several other parellel line filings, this is the roughed out neck. Also, I need to make sure that the thickness of the neck was correct. This should be 5/8" at fret #1 and 11/16" at fret #8. The pencil marks are showing the location of #1  frets.
The lower part of the headstock must then be shaped to the contour of the previous side filings.
I'll finish cleaning up the next at my next session.
Man, I didn't realize this was so much work. Looking good though.
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