Ponticat

Thanks for your reply. I may try a similar jig on a very different body.

Lovely outcome!

A further about the body radius jig: How did you radius the back side?

How big was that snake???

Ponticat- yes its made from spare drawer slides that I came across in my grandpas shop. It is more trouble then its worth because I didn't take into account the saw dust clogging the bearings. Here's the thread showing how I made it if your interested

http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.php?showtopic=46234

Maybe you can think of a way to improve upon the design.

Thanks for posting the link. The first improvement that I thought of was adapting a shop vac attachment as a chip collector, but you've already considered the same. Would running the router with the grain, rather than across the grain, be worth a try?

Interesting jig. Made from drawer slides?

Very clever!

I thought I'd add these images illustrating a possibly easier method creating large circular holes:

Here's where the parts wound up:

VERY cute. Nice work.

This guitar reminds me of my short scale bass, "Lesder." What might have been had LES Paul and Leo FenDER gotten together.