Preparing the neck block

Today I started to make the neck block ready for drawing the neck on it. I flattened one of the sides and squared the face. I also started to thickness it. First now generously. The widest part of the neck is the eye of the scroll., elsewhere the neck is substantially narrower. The block of wood has quite uneven growth rings. Their orientation changes a bit and the growth has also been varying. I hope it doesn't matter too much.