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Sal's Flamenco ~ Neck


Head crest is finely shaped & scraped to the desired profile.


Tuner holes drilled with hand drill and my steel tuner drill jig.


End slots of 15mm are being spade drilled.

Sal's Flamenco ~ Neck

Headcrest
Excess headcrest sawn close to profile with coping saw.

Headcrest shaping
Shaping has begun... this is headcrest shape of the 1933 Santos Hernandez

Headcrest shaping tools
Some of the tools involve in shaping the head crest are (from left) : try square; needle files, template (for tracing on headplate), scraper, round files and a rasp. The headcrest is awaiting final shaping and sanding.

Sal's Flamenco ~ Neck


Heelcap awaiting to be chiseled to shape.


Heelcap faceted in stages.


Final shape achieved and scraped smooth. You can see the 3 tools I use for shaping, sitting on the bench vise: 1" chisel (wooden handle), a razor blade (red handle) and a steel scraper (under the razor blade).






Spanish Cedar is enjoyable to work on and gives a sweet aroma to the studio :)

Sal's Flamenco ~ Neck



Someone asked me if it's possible for the heelcap to be less "poking"...
...déjà vu...


Now sawing the neck for the new heelcap design.