This week we installed the fret dots and glued the fret board down to the neck.

First, we used a ruler to make cross patterns and find the center of each section where the dots would go. Then, we drilled the holes.

After that, we installed the fret dots using super glue and a saw.

The final step of the week was to glue the fret board to the neck.

The bandsaw works by using horizontal bandsaws to hold the workpiece stationary while the blade swings down through the cut.

The bandsaws stay in place and the worker moves the piece of wood to cut out their design.

After doing a rough cut of the headstock, I sanded down the edges using sandpaper and a drum sander. I learned that you can take off more or less of the headstock depending on how much pressure you apply. I used the shape of the drum sander to make the upper indent in my headstock.

We received cut out bodies, but we still had to use the router and sand them down to our liking. We each chose a specific router bit for the handheld router.

After we finished routing, we sanded down the rest of our edges using progressively finer grits. 80 is the roughest. The higher the number, the finer the grit.

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