Here's a lovely rosewood blank for the headplate, surface prepared for gluing.
On the other face, the headcrest is drawn and trimmed to neck size.
The headplate is being glued to the neck.
After glue was set, the headplate is planed for a fresh surface to re-layout the new head outline.
The edges are roughly cut with a coping saw.
The edges are trued with a block plane.
