Day 4 final piece

Day 4 would be the day to route out the space for the neck piece, to do this i chose to use a had chisel and hammer.

I marked out the area and then using the chisel i started chiselling away the area to make space for the neck piece. This did not go to plan.

Soon after the first few knocks of the hammer i hit the chisel in too deep and splintered the wood. This then left the guitar body with parts missing as shownt in the image above. So first using an adhesive to spped up the glueing process along with some wood glue i then glued the pieces back on and left for for a few minutes. I then spoke to my tutor about the best way to route out the area needed for the neck piece. He suggested using the hand held routing machine which needed to be measured with accuracy but would shorten the time of work and would give a better finish to the space needed for the neck piece to fit better as well.

Once the routing measurements were done and the buffer which needed to be 7cm from the blade was done i then was set to route out the area needed. It took a few passes going round the edges and then crossing back and forth  through the centre of the area being cut to get the area cut fully but once done the space had a nice smooth finish for the neck to sit into and was ready for the holes to be drilled for the neck to be screwed onto the body to make the guitar look a bit more well... Guitar like. 

The next step was to mark out where my scratch plate and pick ups would sit but that was my job for the next day.