RDub Posted November 19, 2008 Report Share Posted November 19, 2008 note to self: Drill jack hole after routing binding from now on so bearing doesn't fall in hole and take a big chunk out of top... Oh, and I wanted to remind everyone else of this too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesy Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 note to self: Drill jack hole after routing binding from now on so bearing doesn't fall in hole and take a big chunk out of top... Oh, and I wanted to remind everyone else of this too. Yeah, I try to do a "dry run" to see exactly what will happen when I start a route. It's easy for there to be pitfalls and obstacles that will cause troubles. Hope it's fixable... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j. pierce Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 Yeah, I almost had this problem once - a dry run, as bluesy suggests, caught me on to it. I stuck a piece of dowel in the jack hole, scribed the surface, and shaped it match the contours of the body roughly and held it in with tape. Kept the bearing from falling into the hole. I've had similar problems with headstocks - if I thickness my headstock first, I have to be cautious that the bearing will mate up with the headstock properly for routing the channel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 I route the binding channel immediately after shaping the body perimeter, or immediately after carving the top... Of course, most of us with 'experience' have shot ourselves in the foot at one time or another... Look at the bright side, you didn't spend 40 hours building an expensive piece of commissioned furniture and have to start over... :o) -Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godzilla Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 note to self: Drill jack hole after routing binding from now on so bearing doesn't fall in hole and take a big chunk out of top... Oh, and I wanted to remind everyone else of this too. Cool.....I'm not the only one. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djhollowman Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 Yeah, I remember reading about exactly this scenario in Melvyn Hiscock's book! I think he was talking about rounding over the body sides actually, but it's v.similar. DJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southpa Posted November 22, 2008 Report Share Posted November 22, 2008 Yep, there is a certain logical, however scatterbrained it may seem, order to doing these things. Just some morbid curiosity, got any pictures? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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