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#483
bassgod76 said:
To my veteran bass builders. Because my experimenting usually results in me reding a task, what is the correct way to shave a forearm bevel into a body?
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I use my trusty fearsome Shinto saw rasp.

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But then I use it for lots of things. :)
 
#492
Tonight I was finally able to get some time to mess with routing.
I set an old template up with some wood scraps.
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With a sigh, my new router table and bit are readied.
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I learned quickly that I placed my template on the wrong side of the wood. If you try to feed the wood horn first, the router basically destroys the wood.
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My theory is that if I feed the butt end of the body first, I won't have this issue?

I'm just hesitant to go around those horns with any confidence. Help?

After my body fail, I decided to focus on the body bevel.
I basically tested all of my day's bits.
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I basically got it down to two bits.
First one:
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Second one:
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Are these even close?
 
#493
You need to adjust your thinking on the feeding...Instead of thinking in terms of feeding the body or horn first, you need to think in terms of clockwise, and counterclockwise in relation to how the cutter is turning...
I am having trouble loading the pic's (it's not you, it's me ;) ) so I can't say which way you need to go.
But assuming your bad cut was couterclockwise, that likely means you need to feed clockwise and always feed clockwise, whether it is the horn or body(and regardless of which side of the bass you are on)...
Maybe someone else can explain it better (someone who can get the pics to load, lol)
 
#494
bassgod76 said:
I learned quickly that I placed my template on the wrong side of the wood. If you try to feed the wood horn first, the router basically destroys the wood.
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You have to use the starter pin and make sure you are feeing in the right direction.

The starter pin threads into the top of the table. You rest the body against the pin and feed it slowly into the bit. You also have to make sure you are feeding in the right direction.

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#495
I have that very router bit. I had similar results when I tried to use it. The problem, I think, is the height of the cut. You are simply trying to bite off too much.

Using a top-bearing bit with a shorter cutter, you'll likely have better results. I have changed from using that monstrous 2" freud bit to a stepped solution. First, I use a 1/2" diameter bit with a 1/2" cutting height. Then I switch to a 1" cutting height. Then it's just a matter or raising the bit until I cut all the way to the top.

I use these bits here:
http://www.toolstoday.com/p-5046-flush-trim-plunge-template-router-bits-w-upper-ball-bearing.aspx

(numbers 45487 and 45460)
 
#496
The height doesn't matter, but the depth of the cut does. Take shallow passes, not the full depth.

But his issue was grain tear out. That's from feeding too fast, and the starter pin helps that. You also have to approach the bit from the right side.

Anyone who has used a router has had these things happen at one time or another. Figured woods love to tear out like that. Dull bits do it also.

But I think this was from feeding too fast and not using the starter pin.
 

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