jaycee Posted October 11, 2007 Report Posted October 11, 2007 After gluing the heel block on, I was going to router the excess material off the side of the neck. However being there was about 4 - 8mm on one side and 5 - 10mm on the other I decided to saw the main bulk off keeping the routering down to a minimum, a decision I would be glad I made After lining up the straight edge template and securing it with double sided tape I started to route, all was going very Merrily when I noticed that the pencil line near the nut end of the neck had disappeared. It was then I realised that the secured template wasn't secure but had been moving whilst I was routering, resulting in 3mm to much being taken off at the nut end I wasn't very happy. After a bit of thoughtful thinking I remembered the pieces that had been sawn off, so I straightened up the what was now a wonky routed edge and glued in one of the pieces I had cut off earlier. Hopefully being near the edge I may loose a bit of it when the neck is shaped Quote
Martinedwards Posted October 11, 2007 Report Posted October 11, 2007 That which doesn't kill us makes us strong......... Learn from it and become a better person as a result...... but feel free to swear a lot (in private naturally) when it happens!! Quote
Setch Posted October 11, 2007 Report Posted October 11, 2007 After a bit of thoughtful thinking I remembered the pieces that had been sawn off, so I straightened up the what was now a wonky routed edge and glued in one of the pieces I had cut off earlier. Hopefully being near the edge I may loose a bit of it when the neck is shaped Been there, done that! Excact same deal, same cause, same solution. With a little care it'll be invisible. I doubt I could even find the repair on mine if I wanted to... Quote
PTU 7's. Posted October 12, 2007 Report Posted October 12, 2007 That it's a nice "excuse" to use a nice binding. Quote
jaycee Posted October 12, 2007 Author Report Posted October 12, 2007 (edited) Been there, done that! Excact same deal, same cause, same solution. With a little care it'll be invisible. I doubt I could even find the repair on mine if I wanted to... Thats encouraging ( not that you did it but you repaired it ) I took the clamps off this moring levelled the top edge along it's length and will re-route the straight edge after I get some more double sided tape. But so far it is looking good. The "binding" remedy did cross my mind before I took the clamps off, a light coloured wood about 10mm thick for contrast Edited October 12, 2007 by jaycee Quote
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