Here's a little photo thing of what I do. This is just one approach. Everyone has their favorite way. I do a one or two piece neck and first rough cut the blank on the bandsaw and plane the face flat on the planer and one side flat to index on the router fence and table saw.
Truss rod slot cut on router table and carbon bar slots on table saw
Gluing the heel block
Cutting the rough profile and taper on the bandsaw using a jig that indexes off the truss rod slot and holds the neck at a right angle to the blade.
Shaping the final profile with a Robosander and template jig.
A template for the Robosander to make the initial heel profile
Profile at 1st and 10th frets shaped with Microplane, Nicholson 49 and 50 and Grobet rasps. (Headstock has already been shaped by template routing and thicknessed on the belt sander.)
Heel shaped with hand drill pneumatic sanding drums (from Grizzly), the above rasps, and scraper. I recently got the "dragon" rasps from Stew Mac and really like them too. The sharp point is nice for transition areas.
I hog off the remaining shaft wood with air sanders and 40G going to 80G and true the shaft with flat sanding blocks with 80G then it's a matter of feeling for irregular areas, finish sanding and refining the final shape and fretboard transition. It's a satisfying process and I enjoy it.
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.... I'm a spokeshave and microrasp fella, with a bit of round filing and sandpapering thrown in for good measure.