This week we had to drill holes in our fretboards with the drill press. The drill press is a stationary drill that allows you to drill strait holes multiple times. We then used a small hand saws to cut our fret dots. To bind the plastic to the wood we used super glue.

Due to the neck of my guitar being bent. I had to use quick grips tobend it strait. I first wetted down my neck with water. Than laid it on a flat piece of wood. I then used the quick grips to tighten it down to the flat surface. In theory this should straiten out my neck, since it’ll be strapped down for two weeks now.

This week I cut out my headstock. We used the band saw to cut out the design. The band saw is a saw blade that reciprocates and allows you to cut out sharp edges. After that I had to the drum sander to sand down the edges of my headstock. Finally this week I used 80 grit sandpaper to sand down the rough edges of my guitar neck.

This week I had to cut around a no fly zone around my headstock. The no fly zone is a area on the headstock that can’t be cut. If it were to be cut it, attaching the trees and tuners hard.

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