# Hogging out material
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Using a forstner bit on the drill press to bore out a bunch of material for the front control cavity.
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# Things are coming together!
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The guitar, neck, fretboard, and pickguard material arranged mostly where they will be if all goes well by the end.
# Front control cavity
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Here’s the template I made for the front control cavity sitting on top of the guitar body.
# Who needs CAD?
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I’m using a template that didn’t have premade cavities (and if I had, I would probably need bigger cavities), so I need to make templates for the cavities. I would ordinarily do this in CAD, and 3d…
# Neck and fretboard blank
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Cut a fretboard blank off the same piece of European maple the neck will come from. It’s neither roasted nor flamed, but it is sustainable and local, and a bit maple fretboard will look great.…