Shaping the Head

After the veneer was complete on the head, I used a scroll saw to cut the outline of the head that I had traced on.  The book suggested to cut down to roughly where the first fret would be so that is what I did.  I tried to be careful and not cut too close to my lines.  Once the rough shape was cut, I used a drum sander in my drill press to smooth the sides.

I bought some Grover tuners to use and drilled the 25/64" holes for those as needed.  The final head looks like this: