Hi. I have a rookie question here. How do you guys route out cavity with prependicular (or very small radius) corners? I have the jig of the pickup cavity already made, but my top bearing router bit has 3/8" diameter, which I think is the smallest as they come for a top bearing bit, and I can't do a tight corner routing with it. I do have a 1/8" Dremel router bit, but then I'll have to do it freehand instead of just following the jig, which add to the chances of screwing it up. So any advice on other ways of doing it? Thanks.
you generally have to use a template guide with an over size template. Example 1/4" od guide using a 1/8" router bit. You would have to make your template 1/8" over size for the template guide to router bit offset... Hope this helps! D
Hehe, this is also part of why I use my own pickups with radius corners mathcing the 3/8" router bit Seriously, Darrin's advice is the wy to go. Peace, JP
I would suggest using the biggest bit you can to hogout the mass of the material to be removed. Then use the size bit required to achive the radius needed. Good luck! Darrin
You could also pre-drill the corners with the bit radius you want. Then you can use a reasonably thick bit for routing, which improves the result. E.g. a 3mm drill bit (corner radius will be 1.5mm=1/16) and a 6mm (1/4) router bit. And some handdressing for perfection
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