The slumbering bow-legged dwarf muscle-rippling giant opens his eyes and blinks at the bright summer light. "Hmmm...I'm sure it was winter when I went for that nap..."
Looking at the progress, I'm not sure that Ash needs any help from me
Couple or so of tips, though, spring to mind @ADFinlayson:
- It's quite important that the neck heel has the correct neck angle as well as the straightness. Your method is pretty sound to check it, although be aware that the full tension of all 6 strings will tend to pull the top up a touch, and that also affects the action. I think it would be worth adding the other two strings and pitching everything up a semitone or so above standard pitch and see if you are going to have enough saddle height to get the action where you want it. If it's looking a touch high, then it's the same sandpaper flossing method, but this time both sides and pulling down to increase the angle while maintaining the straightness.
A decent double check is to lay a straight edge along the frets to the bridge. The 'rule of thumb' is that the edge should just meet the top of the bridge. It is again, however, just a rule of thumb because that can also be affected if you have a particularly flexible top that bows more under tension than 'the thumb's' average guitar
- Handy tip ref carving the bottom of the bridge to the curve - use the 'engineer's blue' technique, but using school chalk. Pop a wide strip of masking tape on the top, chalk it, then place the bridge and shuffle it up and down/side to side a few mm and then look at the chalk marks on the back. Scrape/sand wherever there is chalk (ie the high spots) and repeat. Keep repeating until the bottom is fully chalk covered.
But feel free to ignore all the above, as you seem to be making excellent progress under your own steam.
Gosh...is that the time? Must be time for a cocoa and another nap...