Building an Irish bouzouki 2

Building an Irish bouzouki -- day 2

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Day two
	11. Shaping the neck.
	12. We used a curved spokeshave for the initial neck roughing.
	13. Checking that the tailblock is square.
	14. Checking that the sides line up.
	15. Gluing sides to the tailblock.

Harmon's Notes:
We had several options to shape the neck. I used a spokeshave at first, but it was too slow, the rasp seemed a bit scary, although in the right hands..... We elected to use my two Porter Cable 333's to do the bulk of the shaping, with 60- or 80-grit sandpaper, the cherry comes off fast, yet controllable. It took me just over an hour to do the shaping. I tried not to take out any of the thickness of the neck, and have a smooth radius at the nut, increasing the radius as I worked toward the body. I stopped frequently, and 'played' the neck to see how it might feel. I really like the result.

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Building an Irish bouzouki -- day 2

Day two