Profiling necks

I am currently at the point of carving out the necks on this batch of guitars.  While most of it is done by hand and eye using bladed tools and rasps and sand paper, one section is done using a machine called and overhead router.  It is a large router that I can feed the neck into to create the desired roughed out profile.

Here is the neck after machining.  The purpose is really to remove bulk in an accurate manner, to help with smoothing and reduce a little labour.  It is a little stressful as I need to feed the entire guitar into the machine due to using a Spanish construction method, in which the neck is integrated into the body for the majority of the build.

Just after smoothing and the sealing coat.  Looking a lot more respectable now!

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