Barge - sorry for the confusion. I'll put it down to my not having the right woodworking / luthier terminology to put across what I was meaning...
The diagram was a quick (30 second) mockup in Paint.net so all the angles, etc were very exaggerated. That said. Taking a quick eyeball measurement from the heel of the neck on an SG I've got here, before the heel of the neck curve where the neck joins the body, it's 3cm from the base of the neck to the bottom of the fretboard. At the nut, it's 2cm, so the angle is stuff all, but still there. If you took the neck as a whole - given DB is building a set neck guitar, it will be significantly thicker at the body than at the nut.
I've tried to redo the diagram as if it was a guitar looking at it as if it was laying flat on a table and you were looking at it from the bit that would sit on your knee as you played it. Bear in mind there is no scale here - it's all just plonked onto a diagram, but hopefully it gives the idea. In reality, there will be a whole lot more shape, the headstock will probably be at a slight angle to the neck, etc., but given DB is just doing the bulk shaping at this stage, there's many more updates to come!
In terms of doability at home - I think DB is showing that it can be done - his first scratchy was done with very few (if any) powertools and a lot of elbow grease. What DB's doing here is showing some short cuts that will reduce the elbow grease component with some snazzy jigs and the like. If you don't have access to the tools / jigs, etc, it's still doable, just harder. Hope that helps, but as mentioned, watch this thread and I think it'll all make sense in the end. After all, we're all basking in the learnings of Guru DB!
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