The neck block going in:
Moving on to the kerfing, I did the top first then a week later planed the back rim down about 1/8" to the waist and kerfed the back rim. I used 3 bags of clothes pins (at a buck a bag) to do each rim just because I saw that this was how they did it over in Nazareth:
Moving on to the rim I planed away some excess between the neck joint and the first curve of the upper bout before applying the kerfing.
Looking back I probably should have planed away more toward the waist and made sure everything was level but I'm hoping there's just enough (but not too much) wiggle room with the radius dish. Still after about only an hour of glue I pulled the pins and felt satisfied with the results:
Next up is putting in side slats similar to the ones Jonathan Kinkead uses before sanding the rims with a radius dish. The top is to have a 28' radius but I hear that the upper bout should be nearly flat, following the 1.5° angle that I've attempted to sand into the plywood neck block extension. The plans for this guitar (the OLF medium jumbo) call for a 15' radius on the back but I'm probably going to stick with a 20' radius.
