actually, don't go to any trouble on it - it's exceptionally easy to damage something when using a router with it, and i might just get impatient before it can be arranged anyway...
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actually, don't go to any trouble on it - it's exceptionally easy to damage something when using a router with it, and i might just get impatient before it can be arranged anyway...
are they easy to come by in general? might be an idea to make a template from the template, to minimise my chances of damaging it.
getting there - tried making a template from softwood, but it was too soft, then made one with oak, which is nearly right; doesn't matter with the pickup slots, but between making the template and transferring it back to a test piece of wood, the neck pocket is about half a mm too wide; doesn't sound like much but it makes a difference of a couple of inches of play at the head. but lining the inside of the template with multiple layers of masking tape seems to slim it down just enough.
i passed the point of no return just now. this was a bit of an adrenaline kick, because if i got this wrong it may be firewood.
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i decided to rout out both cavities for the pickups the same, for the large size one. the gap is not too obvious when the smaller one is in it, and making up a template to be precisely the right size would have been a lot of faff.
more progress. because i went in from behind, the last remaining piece of woodwork is to make a plate to cover the electronics hatch. bar that, it's a lot of sanding and then finishing. i managed to get all the holes drilled to run wires, i think.
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I have the thinking cap on. If I was making the neck too, I'd fit it and drill though the body into it. But the holes are already drilled in the neck, so I need to find a way to locate the holes correctly on the body. One train of thought is to cut the heads off some nails, for them into the holes with a mm or two sticking out, and press down on the body.
I have the thinking cap on. If I was making the neck too, I'd fit it and drill though the body into it. But the holes are already drilled in the neck, so I need to find a way to locate the holes correctly on the body. One train of thought is to cut the heads off some nails, for them into the holes with a mm or two sticking out, and press down on the body.
could do the pencil / paper trick. secure paper to neck, score over with pencil, scissors blue peter moment etc etc.
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