Curtis P Posted March 11, 2004 Report Share Posted March 11, 2004 I am going to put a cavity in the back of my guitar for my electronics, even though i dont like them, it seems to be the best way to go, so how would i go about putting a little edge, or flange that sits about 1/4 inch down into the wood so i can mount a peice of maple flush to the body, would i just use a router? or a Dremel? Thanks Curtis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdw3332 Posted March 11, 2004 Report Share Posted March 11, 2004 You can use a router with a template. If you want, you may be able to enlarge the template you used for the cavity a bit and use it. Remember in the cavity to leave some "bumps?" in 3 or 4 places for screws. You don't want to be trying to drill and screw into an 1/8' lip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtis P Posted March 11, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2004 ok, so pretty much just take a template and leave spots regular so i can just put 3 or 4 screws in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdw3332 Posted March 11, 2004 Report Share Posted March 11, 2004 Curtis, Yeah. I actually just designed the template with them in place. Here's a pic. As you can see, I wasn't going to mess with a 1/8" lip. Good luck. Also - check your depth VERY carefully as you rout the main cavity. I reouted through a rather nice piece of Zebrawood. Not a good thing. Marty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asm Posted March 11, 2004 Report Share Posted March 11, 2004 same way you would do binding would be the way i would do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted March 11, 2004 Report Share Posted March 11, 2004 same way you would do binding would be the way i would do it. not quite, if you look at the photo above...... that would be one hard to make cover, if you used a binding bit.... plus you'd have no room for screws... you need seperate templates for the whole and the recssed cover whole... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank falbo Posted March 11, 2004 Report Share Posted March 11, 2004 I don't know if it's been mentioned, and it's sort of obvious, but I like to do the cover route first. I just think it's easier that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asm Posted March 11, 2004 Report Share Posted March 11, 2004 cnc sorry. i hope to use a small one im in the process on making when i carve my body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YDoesGodMockMeSo Posted March 11, 2004 Report Share Posted March 11, 2004 Curtis, Yeah. I actually just designed the template with them in place. Here's a pic. As you can see, I wasn't going to mess with a 1/8" lip. Good luck. Also - check your depth VERY carefully as you rout the main cavity. I reouted through a rather nice piece of Zebrawood. Not a good thing. Marty I'd like to reiterate the route depth thingy... I routed for a flattop section..then decided i wanted carved top......well...as i was carving.....well...it wasn't pretty...so..not pretty that i ruined that body (thankfully it was free). SO if ur gonna carve top/archtop....make sure u calculate properly ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtis P Posted March 11, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2004 ok, so route out the peice for the screws to go in, then plunge it down a bit? what would work best? a Dremel or regular router? Thanks again, thanks for the pic mdw3332 really helped cuz i was in the dark for a bit Curtis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahelcaya Posted March 12, 2004 Report Share Posted March 12, 2004 In my case I routed the cover cavity (3 mm) with the dremel, but the next ones I'll be taking time to make both templates and just use my router......better cut and much faster, I reccomend first the cover shape routing , and then the deep cavity routing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtis P Posted March 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2004 ok, thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skibum5545 Posted March 12, 2004 Report Share Posted March 12, 2004 whatever you do, USE A TEMPLATE!!!!!!!!!!!! I made my cover first, traced it onto the body, and then freehanded the little ledge for the cover to sit on, and it is right now the worst looking part of my bass. Luckily I'm using walnut with a wenge cover, so it COULD look a lot worse... ie ebony and alder.... Hopefully it will continue to be the worst part... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtis P Posted March 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2004 skibum I planned on getting the cover, then making a template from it kinda and then that be that thanks for all the help guys, been really worth while Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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