Fitting The Neck and Body Together

 After radiusing and sanding the fingerboard top down to 320 grit sandpaper I was able to finish shaping the neck. At this point I needed to see if the neck was going to fit on the body. I inserted the barrel nuts into the neck and positioned them as close to straight as possible. I then slid the tenon on the neck and into the mortise cut in the body of the guitar. I was able to insert the allen wrench for the bolts through the sound hole and through the hole in the under brace that I had drilled early in the construction. I then inserted the wrench into the truss rod in the neck and slowly guided it into place in the mortise slot. I then inserted the two bolts through the sound hole and into the barrel nuts in the neck joint. I tightened them by hand then using the allen wrench, I tightened them to pull and seat the neck firmly into the mortise in the body. AMAZING it fit! It even looks straight. It finally looks like a guitar. Another one of those a-ha moments. I really think it's going to be a guitar!

Finally it looks like a guitar!