shimmy Posted May 8, 2006 Report Share Posted May 8, 2006 Hi, My old man has a dobro that he wants a P-90 mounted in the neck position. I was just wondering if metal cutting pieces for a router are very easy to come by. Has anyone had experience routing steel before? Is it harder than routing wood? Anyhelp would be very appreciated.. Thanks alot Shimmy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclej Posted May 8, 2006 Report Share Posted May 8, 2006 Hi, My old man has a dobro that he wants a P-90 mounted in the neck position. I was just wondering if metal cutting pieces for a router are very easy to come by. Has anyone had experience routing steel before? Is it harder than routing wood? Anyhelp would be very appreciated.. Thanks alot Shimmy shimmy..you definitely don't want to use a router on a metal guitar. it would be extremely dangerous and i'm not sure you could find the bits for it anyway. i'm assuming that the guitar is brass..mabe chrome plated but they're usually brass and brass is relatively easy to cut. if i was going to do this i'd probably do one of two things. get a metal cutting blade for a jigsaw and use that or a diamond disc for a dremmel. in fact i'd probably just stick with the dremmel..much more control. you're going to want to take the cone assembly apart..i'm assuming that it's a resonator type..and check inside to see if you're going to be cutting any bracing or cutting into the neck block. good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattia Posted May 9, 2006 Report Share Posted May 9, 2006 You need different speeds, and different bits (metal end mills, probably) for working metal. You can get them for dremels, and that should just about work for smaller things. I wouldn't want to try a router. Sounds like a recipe for burning/melting/flying bits of hot metal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shimmy Posted May 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2006 Hmmm.....I wouldnt think you could get a perfect hole for the pickup to sit in but cutting or using anything circular....A friend of mine has a dobro just like my old mans only it has a pickup in the neck position... I guess it was molded like that in the factory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclej Posted May 9, 2006 Report Share Posted May 9, 2006 Hmmm.....I wouldnt think you could get a perfect hole for the pickup to sit in but cutting or using anything circular....A friend of mine has a dobro just like my old mans only it has a pickup in the neck position... I guess it was molded like that in the factory shimmy..the dremmel tool blade that i'm talking about is a small, thin diamond coated blade much like a mini-circular saw blade. i use it for a lot of things including cutting thin metal and it works great. you simply hold your dremmel nearly parallel to the body and proceed slowly. keep in mind that it will try to kick back to the right so don't try to cut all the way through on the first pass. mark the outline of your opening with a sharpie and then make a shallow pass all the way around scoring the outline. go back around cutting a little deeper and then go all the way through. it takes a soft touch and a firm grip and it's loud on metal and you need eye protection but it's not terribly difficult. after you get the hole cut take a small file and dress up the sharp edges and you're good to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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