Head stock Plate

The head stock will be covered by a plate made out of maple which I'll cut out a scrap piece from the back. In between the plate and the head stock a rosewood veneer will give a nice dark accent:

Next step will cut out the veneer and sandwich it between the head stock and the plate with tidebond.
After I finished the plate as far as it is now I concentrated on touching up the frets which still have an overhang over the fret board. First I used a file which is mounted in a wooden block at an angle of 90 degrees. Once I leveled the frets flush with the fret board I turned around the block. On the other side the block has been give an angle so you are filing of the frets at that angle:

And after that a lot of sanding on the neck. And more sanding ..... and more sanding....
Yesterday I ordered the tuners for the guitar. I choose to go for gold Hipshot Classic Tuners:

Can't wait to see them.