Now For The Fun Part: Carving The Neck Contours

After roughing out the contour with my Scheltema Neck Jig, I use a couple of Iwasaki files to finalize the contour of each neck. It's physically demanding work, but I get better results this way.

It takes 30-45 minutes to get to this point with each neck. 

A Thin Neck Is A Sexy Neck!

1/2" thick at the 1st fret!

Slightly thicker at the 12th fret.

It only took seconds to carve the volute with my new Iwasaki Files.

Here is a closeup of the files.