Classical Guitar Update

I got the heel and part of the peg head roughed out:

The heel was fairly easy to carve with a sharp chisel, but the Jatoba is very hard to sand. I wound up buying a flap sander from HD to smooth it out because my spindle sander was too aggressive and sanding by hand was futile.

 

Here's the peghead after I cut the first slot. I did it old-school, instead of with a router. Again, the Jatoba is very difficult to sand. I wish I had used a router. Oh well, next time...