New wood and neck joint routing

Tenor size flamed koa, concert size flamed maple and soprano
size flamed maple. Each with a matching headplate. Ukulele, anyone?

It happens to me every now and then, that I find myself browsing the "guitar builder/luthier supply" -category on ebay.com. A few weeks ago a nice 6-piece koa set in tenor uke size caught my eye, I placed a bit and won. (It usually takes some last minute bidding to win. Luckily, this one ended around our midnight so I was still awake). In a few days, the same seller had a nice maple set happening, and to cut the shipping cost, I bid on that too. And won. The seller under name 1boardfoot turned out to be Adele and Pat of Island Tonewoods, an extremely warm couple, operating on the web through public library, because the snow storm had cut the wires from their home. So I got two sets with the shipping cost of one, and a BONUS set as a free gift, all very professionally packed and wrapped like the pic shows. Awesome! Highly recommended! No shortage of uke material in the near future.

Jouni's guitar is advancing too. The neck joint has been made, and utilizing my brand new Makita router, I cut two channels for mahogany alignment/attachment bars that get glued under the fingerboard. The bars have 4mm threaded inserts to attach the fb to the top with screws.

This plywood block, covered with walnut veneer, was inserted
under the fingerboard area to accommodate the fingerboard screws.
Truss rod nut acces is drilled through

As seen through the sound port. Thanks Miika for noticing
 that a simple plywood block would've look dull here

High-tec routing station :). The jig is held in place with
two screws through the off-cut -to-be parts of the neck

All straightened up. The neck heel had of course
to be fit and aligned before this cut

Looking a bit messy in the picture, but will be covered anyway.
The carbon fiber bars along the truss rod will help
strengthen the neck even further.