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Originally Posted by emmsone
do i have to look at carving relief into the fretboard?
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Nylon string guitars usually have much higher action than steel string acoustic guitars or electric guitars. For many players that is all the string clearance that is required. For "serious" concert classical guitars, some carve relief into the fretboard.
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in which case how is this gaining over cutting the side to shape first when i can do it on a bandsaw when its flat and then bend it on the bending iron?
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There is no real advantage or disadvantage, just a different way of doing it. If you don't have a template, bending the shape first, then contouring allows you to get the side contour right and make templates for future same-shape/same depth instruments.
The "best" method for marking side contour depends on the building method you are using. For example, are you using radiused dishes in your building method? If so, you just lay the sides, in the mold, on the dish, mark with a pencil in an inexpensive drawing compass.