Headstock

I got the tuner holes drilled today and cut out the headstock slots

I used a doweling jig from Harbor Freight to drill the 5 tuner holes

After drilling all the holes I did a check and noticed that I got my headstock a little bit too thin so the tuner plate over hangs the edge a little bit.  I was aiming for a 3/4 inch thickness, but got a little bit aggressive with the hand plane so ended up taking too much off.  I'll be more careful next time.

To make the slots in the headstock, I drilled 4 1/2 inch holes on each end of the slots and then drew lines between the holes to cut with a coping saw

I got a little bit too close to my line on the treble side, so that slot is pretty ugly.  I don't think I'll be able to correct it.  Next time I won't cut so close to my line and then clean up the slot with chisels and files.  I'm fairly pleased with the bass side slot though.  I think it will clean up nice with just a little work with a file and sandpaper.

Since nobody (as far as I know) makes tuners for a 10 string instrument, I bought tuners for a 12 string guitar and had to cut off one of the tuners.  I felt a little bit uneasy about cutting off one of the tuner keys after paying 80 dollars for the set, but it seems like that is the standard method.  Alternatively, I could buy 10 individual tuners, but I don't think that would look as clean.

Its finally starting to look like something with the tuners in.  Obviously I need to clean up the slots, but here it is with the tuners installed.