I did some more work on the neck end today, looks much tidier, unfortunately my pictures of that aren't sharp so I shall retake them tomorrow when I have acceptable light again
I also put my tuner holes in and plonked the tuners in to see how they'd look. I do like the outcome how the tuners sit against the headstock with its recurve at the top. I did discover my headstock was a bit thick and left not much string post sticking up, i used my Safe-T planer for the first time to take about 1.8mm off and leave a 15mm thick headstock, it still may be slightly thick. I discovered the Safe-T planer grabs the wood a lot more than I thought it would and doesn't cut as cleanly either. I don't think i'll be using it for any back and side thicknessing in the future unless its my only option.
These Schertler machine heads seem most excellent, i used the nylon string versions on my last build and was very happy, these seem even smoother and nicer.
I didn't fancy starting anything else this evening so i continued with my thickness measuring device / calliper. I cut the slot for and mounted the trigger, and put the cap nut in for the zero point. It's pretty much there now. I'll clean up the 'handle' and i might still make it a bit thinner in that handle area so i'm less likely to catch my knuckles on anything i'm measuring.
tuners sitting in there to see how I like the headstock outline
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