Question About Truss Rod Route

[dawnofzion]

I am about to route for my stew mac hot rod truss rod. My question is, should the route for the end of the truss rod that is a block (not the end with the adjustment), should this end of the route by squared off exactly the size of the truss rod. Or should I just leave it rounded from the router bit?

[Mattia]

Leave it rounded.

[DC Ross]

Here's a follow up

Same scenario, should it be tight to the end of the route like so: ]) or should there be a bit of space like so: ] )

thx!

[Mattia]

Tight, if possible, but it really doesn't matter much, or at all. The force it applies is in the other direction. Half the point of a hotrod style rod is that, theoretically, in a body end adjustment bolt-on, you could simply pull it out of the completed neck and replace it if needed.