westhemann Posted December 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 Oh,K...I routed the nut shelf on my already fretted board the easiest way I have ever done it... I used masking tape to tape my stewmac radius block to the neck and used it as a router rest to cut the shelf...very carefully.Worked great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killemall8 Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 That is a good idea. I was just thinking about doing something almost exactly like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted December 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 I used a 5/8" diameter bearing bit so I could do it in one pass and lessen my chances of screwing it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sancho Marino Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 That is genius Wes! Much easier than the way I was doing it with saws and files... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar2005 Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 Why not rout the shelf while the fingerboard is still flat. That's what I do and it seems to work just fine. Doing it after seems like more work to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted December 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 I buy the fingerboards preradiused,duh I hate fret slotting and radiusing.,so the extra little bit of money is worth it to me.Plus it's really not more work.Even if it's flat you still have to set up your router,plus then you have to take extra care during radiusing to get your fingerboard the right height above the shelf,unless you don't care about nut height. Whether you do all your calculations after you fret or before you radius,it's still the same work as far as I am concerned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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