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Routing template for heel part of single cut

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tantetruus

Jul 3, 2010
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I'm currently working on a singlecut neckthrough and wonder if anybody ever made a template to route the part where the neck meets the body.
I've been thinking a lot about this, but cant find the solution.

Problem is that it is a double hollow (so to speak).

Anyone understand what i mean?:confused::confused:
 
#5
I presume you mean this part.

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#12
By double hollow he means it coves on both sides and wants to know if there is a template to do this and what bit to use. No there is no template in general circulation, but someone could make one for you. You can use a cove bit or round nose to create the coving, and block sand to the final shape. This part of a SC is the most difficult, and most builders will pre shape as much of this as possible before attaching the wings as to make this job much easier.
 
#13
Nope, i want to build it myself.
Problem is that when you make a template for, say, a curve thats all pretty straightforward, but in my thinking, the template which would make the horizontal curve as in the example, would have to run over another template that would make a slight vertical curve.
Problem there is to keep the first emplate horizontal during the whole excersize..

Didn't figure that out yet and wondered or someone else tried this before..
 
#15
Or you can make a single template with a hump, and use a cove bit with a top bearing and follow the curvature with the bearing while guiding the router over the complex curve. You would be better to make the J template and hand carve the neck to shape, as Mikey said at this point.
 
#17
Musiclogic said:
Or you can make a single template with a hump, and use a cove bit with a top bearing and follow the curvature with the bearing while guiding the router over the complex curve. You would be better to make the J template and hand carve the neck to shape, as Mikey said at this point.
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Youll have to explain/translate this a bit; im from the netherlands, my english isnt to bad, but my technical english appaers to be lacking a bit :hmm:
 
#18
Skelf said:
You wont find a template off the shelf for that,there is no standard way of doing it.
I use a combination of an angle grinder and dye grinder and various rasps and sanding block but no templates.
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I mainly looking for others who might have tried to "prep" the procedure by selfmade templates for ideas. A bit just to see whether its possible "at all", partly just for the fun of finding/thinking it out.:D
 
#20
tantetruus said:
By that, b.t.w. i mean the double hollow:)
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tantetruus said:
Musiclogic said:
Or you can make a single template with a hump, and use a cove bit with a top bearing and follow the curvature with the bearing while guiding the router over the complex curve. You would be better to make the J template and hand carve the neck to shape, as Mikey said at this point.
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Youll have to explain/translate this a bit; im from the netherlands, my english isnt to bad, but my technical english appaers to be lacking a bit :hmm:
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By that, b.t.w. he means you can make a single template with a hump, and use a cove bit with a top bearing and follow the curvature with the bearing while guiding the router over the complex curve. ;)

I believe that JC means you can create the curve template out of 3/4" or 1" MDF and then also shape the hump into your template creating a three dimensional template.

But this is day two of this topic and this task only requires a couple hours of carving with rasps and files. :hmm:
 

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