Setting the neck

The neck joint was too tight and required some fine tuning but I got it close and glued the neck to the body. After the glue dried I realized that the neck angle was too shallow. This will make the action too high. Rather than disassemble the neck at this point, I've decided to cut the bridge down to reduce the action. This will be done later on. For now, the neck is in place. The tolerances on the neck were not the best and it made for a difficult alignment. For example, I think that the inlay dots are not sitting exactly on on the center line. It's starting to look like an instrument now. Oh - before gluing the neck on, I did some sanding all around where the neck extension covers the body. It's going to be hard to get in there after the neck has been set so might as well do some of it upfront.

I also shaved down the braces more. I had been waiting to get a finger plane and it worked beautifully in this tight space. I still think that a crank (or bent) small chisel would also be a good idea. I'll have to keep an eye out for one.