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I was routing the neck and against all odds the bearing slipped down leaving me high and dry with this mangled mess.

Now, this is only 2-3mm worth of material removed, I was thinking about inlaying either another piece of wenge on it with a rabbet but I can’t figure out how to do it since I only have the top bearing rabbeting bit.

Have any of you experienced it?

Any help is welcome, especially ones that don’t require buying a bottom bearing bit, although it is the easiest option.

Thanks all

Hi all, this is going to be a stream-of-consciousness-post.

After the last post I found the courage to roughly shape the neck to prepare it for routing but I’m battling serious fear for my project and my health.

For many, template routing on a router table isn’t a big deal, but personally, it gives me only crippling anxiety and fear for my mitts.

The problem here is that I’ve never used a router table and the neck shape is really tricky. I have to stick the template on the truss rod side only because LP necks have a tall heel, so I can’t flip the neck to go with the grain.

I’m sorry if I can’t explain myself properly, but bear with me on this: I have seen a video from Unquendor guitars saying that the feed direction should be by “pulling” on the piece rather than pushing it against the bit, but since I can’t flip the neck (because of the heel and headstock angle) I can’t really “pull” on both sides.

I have made myself some really primitive push blocks to protect my hands, but I fear that will give me less feedback on how much pressure I put on the bit and feeding speed.

I have met a luthier on my way to work today and he suggested that I first should remove some material off of the right side of the neck (as seen in the picture). I won’t argue that statement as I know that It will greatly decrease the chance of tear-out, especially on a wenge neck.

I apologize again for this stream of consciousness, and if it is hard to go through but I’m really torn on what to do here, mentally and physically, to go on with this project.

Thank you if you’ve read it all the way.

TLDR: I’m scared of the router table. Please help

Hi all I’ve been starting on my neck for my LP and I was having many problems aligning the template to the blank because I recieved a piece og stock long enough for a tele style neck and improvised from there.

The truss rod channel IS straight, it’s just that I can’t get the damn template to sit well for my life.

Any pointers?

Also, I don’t have any really accurate tools for measuring except a good square.

My question is the following: could I get away with that placement or is it going to mess with me during and after building the guitar?

I can pretty much “guess” that the difference is about 2-3mm per side.

Hi all I’ve been starting on my neck for my LP and I was having many problems aligning the template to the blank because I recieved a piece og stock long enough for a tele style neck and improvised from there.

The truss rod channel IS straight, it’s just that I can’t get the damn template to sit well for my life.

Any pointers?

Also, I don’t have any really accurate tools for measuring except a good square.

My question is the following: could I get away with that placement or is it going to mess with me during and after building the guitar?

I can pretty much “guess” that the difference is about 2-3mm per side.