Alright...so I spent all monday afternoon working on this cbg for my little kid using scrap wood from a chair I found by the dumpster. I have to admit it was a bit harder than I thought, but not so much that I cant handle.

Alright, so I'm just roughing this out for my kids while I figure out what I'm doing. I didnt angle the headstock, but I'll put backing on it. The real problem is the nut. I got it seated really well, but to know how to level it, shape it, and slot it is tougher than it looks. I got it rounded pretty nice, maybe too low...and my slots suck. I think what I got so far is pretty functional, albeit ugly.

1) any tricks to accurately shape that stupid nut? I used a corian nut blank
2) how high off the fretboard do I want to the strings to sit in the nut?
3) without spending a bunch of money on a nut file / nut file system, what's a good tool?

I figure I'll just use an eyebolt for the bridge and make life easy for now