Juntunen Guitars Posted May 30, 2010 Report Share Posted May 30, 2010 (edited) I have been thinking of ways to get some routing templates made for control cavities and just thought of this idea. I free hand route control cavities but the lip that the cover sits on has always been hard for me to get acurate with the covers I make and I use the same control cavity route on all my rear routed bodies so I thought maybe I could make a cover that's about a half inch thick and put it on the plywood sheet. Then using a ball bearing bit, route around the edge of it so I have an over sized hole that it fits in wiht plenty of room. Then pour epoxy in the hole to fill in around the cover. Surface sand it and have a semi clear template. I would then have a template that I could sit over the control cavity and have a shape I know I will always get out of the route. So would this work ok or am I missing something? I got this idea from building canoe paddles Edited May 30, 2010 by Juntunen Guitars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted May 31, 2010 Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 Just get a router inlay bushing set ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juntunen Guitars Posted June 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2010 Just get a router inlay bushing set ;-) a what? ... I am trying to find ways to save money, i'm cheap and poor plus I have epoxy that I can use Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted June 1, 2010 Report Share Posted June 1, 2010 I think that I see what you're getting at. Another option is to rout the cavity cover hole to match the cover, then glue in posts to the cavity so the cover can sit on them? I think the epoxy method could work, but it depends on your skill with epoxy and the inevitable (time consuming!) cleanup. Router inlay bushing set (or at least, how to use one): http://www.routerworkshop.com/inlay0802.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaycee Posted June 14, 2010 Report Share Posted June 14, 2010 (edited) I thought about trying different methods for a while , but in the end opted for this solution Template It does save a lot of hassle and time . And there are different shapes available Edited June 14, 2010 by jaycee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juntunen Guitars Posted June 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2010 I thought about trying different methods for a while , but in the end opted for this solution Template It does save a lot of hassle and time . And there are different shapes available Last time I bought from AIguitars the template came broken ... and when I called them and they put the phone down a guy said "the guy with the broken template called" which to me meant they knew it was broken but when they picked the phone back up they were nice enough to say they would ship me new one for free. The reason I am wondering about this is because I use different control cavities that take up as little space as possible and require little routing, not these big holes with a cover over them. Except for my seven string build, I got a little carried away there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattia Posted June 26, 2010 Report Share Posted June 26, 2010 Get an inlay bushing set. It'll be cheaper than futzing around with epoxy and the like all the time, and give you a much, much better fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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