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    If I use a router on a finish body to recess the plates will I get a clean cut or will it chip the surrounding finish?
    2009 Les Paul Kit - GFS Dream 90 (N), SD Seth Lover (B)
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  • #2
    Yes.

    Anything else?






















    J/K

    I would use a knife and score the intended routing line as deeply as possible to prevent
    the wood from ripping up. Then, if you have a good set of chisels, then go a bit deeper along the lines with those. The corners will be the trickiest part, but that's how I do it.

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    • #3
      I've actually done this as well and I did it for a "friend" so I was nervous as hell to begin with. What I did was to have my template affixed to the surface of the body with good quality double faced tape and then I took very light cuts on the surface going counterclockwise so the the bit would not "pull" the material being cut into the bit. I took several passes just getting through the paint itself and then I could gradually take deeper cuts as I went along. If you have a spare body with the same type of paint, please use it for practice-
      Dave ->

      "would someone answer that damn phone?!?!"

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      • #4
        Yeah, what he said!

        Actually, I don't even have a router.
        I use a milling machine with a router bit in the collet.
        But, I still score the lines in, and yes, a "climb cut" certainly helps.

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        • #5
          Thank you..
          2009 Les Paul Kit - GFS Dream 90 (N), SD Seth Lover (B)
          2009 Gibson Les Paul Worn Brown
          2009 Epiphone Studio Deluxe
          2008 Epiphone Custom - SD P-Rail(N), Fat Pat (B)
          2008 Ovation Celebrity CC48
          2007 Agile AL3000 - SD Alinco II set
          2005 Epiphone Standard - SD Pearly Gate (N),SD Alinco II (B)
          2004 Epiphone Custom Plus Top
          2004 Gibson SG Faded - Stock
          1997 Epiphone Slash Snakepit
          1995 Fender Strat - SD Lil 59' Bridge, SD Hotrail Middle, Stock Neck


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          • #6
            Ive routed a few finished bodies, and havent had a paint chip yet! Bit sharpness is key though... if your bit is dull, then youre going to get tearout and paint chips.
            Imagine, being able to be magically whisked away to... Delaware. Hi... Im in... Delaware...

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Cygnus X1 View Post
              Yeah, what he said!


              I use a milling machine with a router bit in the collet.
              atta-boy!
              Dave ->

              "would someone answer that damn phone?!?!"

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              • #8
                Originally posted by RobRR View Post
                Ive routed a few finished bodies, and havent had a paint chip yet! Bit sharpness is key though... if your bit is dull, then youre going to get tearout and paint chips.
                +1 Check out the routing I did on this stock Agile. I turned it into a Schon style with Floyd and Sustainer. No chips. Used StewMac templates, some templates I made from Plexiglas for the battery box and circuit board, double back tape and a sharp router bit and some nerves.



                The trick was getting the cb cavity deep enough to get the board mounted Fernandez sustainer toggle switches through and not rout through the carved top. That was tricky.
                Last edited by Bengal65; 03-23-2008, 05:27 PM.
                Tone is like Art: Your opinion is valid. Listen, learn, have fun, draw your own conclusions.

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                • #9
                  Nice.. I need to route a battery cavity for my RR3 now... I will see how this MII Jackson X series goes first . .

                  I think I will be most nervous drilling the routing channel for the wires from the battery box to the control cavity. .
                  Last edited by JetFixxxer; 03-23-2008, 05:45 PM.
                  2009 Les Paul Kit - GFS Dream 90 (N), SD Seth Lover (B)
                  2009 Gibson Les Paul Worn Brown
                  2009 Epiphone Studio Deluxe
                  2008 Epiphone Custom - SD P-Rail(N), Fat Pat (B)
                  2008 Ovation Celebrity CC48
                  2007 Agile AL3000 - SD Alinco II set
                  2005 Epiphone Standard - SD Pearly Gate (N),SD Alinco II (B)
                  2004 Epiphone Custom Plus Top
                  2004 Gibson SG Faded - Stock
                  1997 Epiphone Slash Snakepit
                  1995 Fender Strat - SD Lil 59' Bridge, SD Hotrail Middle, Stock Neck


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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by JetFixxxer View Post
                    Nice.. I need to route a battery cavity for my RR3 now... I will see how this MII Jackson X series goes first . .

                    I think I will be most nervous drilling the routing channel for the wires from the battery box to the control cavity. .
                    Just get an "Aircraft" drill bit. They are 12-18" long and you get get real low on your angles. I use them for drilling the trem screw anchor holes in the trem cavity and for the wire passage holes. I had one guitar body that had no top or back routing. Just a jack hole and a bridge Hum rout. I made my best guess and let her rip. Guess what? I was dead on where I wanted to come out. I just eye balled it Lucky I guess

                    I guess if you are good a pool playing, you could be good at drilling holes in the body. I'm not much of a pool player myself!
                    Tone is like Art: Your opinion is valid. Listen, learn, have fun, draw your own conclusions.

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