Preparing the neck block part II

I drilled some holes today. First I drilled the holes for the pegs. I wasn't sure about the locations. They are now on the same places (scaled) as on Strobel's template. There might be some difference in the relative locations between a 1/2 cello and 4/4 cello. On the current 1/4 my son has, the holes are more evenly spaced. I couldn't really find good literature though so I just went with the templates.

The large holes are to help be cut out the neck from the block. I don't have access to a band saw which would make this all quite easy. My plan is to drill some big holes and then saw between them. Or maybe just saw lots of holes. Not sure yet. I might use a router for the scroll. I have some flush trim bit for the router which I think would work.

I am not very happy with the neck block actually. The grain isn't very straight. It also twists along the block. I hope it will not cause twisting in the finished neck with time. This is the only bit of wood I bought from ebay, maybe I shouldn't do that anymore.