JCH
El Nacho
I hadn't done anything with the body since I cut it out last week, so it was still pretty rough. Today I contoured the front and back similar to a strat. I want it to be light and comfortable to play. I had run the body blank through the surface planer, so the front and back were smooth, and flat. I sanded it all, and then made a radius cut on the edges. I shot a good coat of primer on it to seal things, and glued in the neck.
This is a sleeper block I put in the neck pocket so that I could run the router with the radius bit around the body front, and back. It's to guide the roller bearing on the bit, and to keep from splitting the wood.
I streamlined the neck joint. It's taking shape.
All glued up![Smilie :) :)](/images/smilies/smile.gif)
This is a sleeper block I put in the neck pocket so that I could run the router with the radius bit around the body front, and back. It's to guide the roller bearing on the bit, and to keep from splitting the wood.
![srfcstr23.jpg](https://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr226/jhwkns_photos/gtr/custom%20tel/srfcstr23.jpg)
I streamlined the neck joint. It's taking shape.
![srfcstr25.jpg](https://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr226/jhwkns_photos/gtr/custom%20tel/srfcstr25.jpg)
![srfcstr24.jpg](https://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr226/jhwkns_photos/gtr/custom%20tel/srfcstr24.jpg)
All glued up
![Smilie :) :)](/images/smilies/smile.gif)
![srfcstr26.jpg](https://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr226/jhwkns_photos/gtr/custom%20tel/srfcstr26.jpg)