My pickups arrived, but it looks like the pole pieces are a lot further apart that I expected. the spacing is even too far for my 34 inch basses, unless used as a bridge pickup. The upshot is that I will be de-constructing them, making new bobbins and re-winding.

I have however done the base blank for the fret board.:



I used the CNC router at the mens shed to mark the fret slots and centre line. Since you have to baby sit the machine while it does it's thing I had Rush bluetoothing into my earmuffs

To cut to final depth I used this contraption: