Friday 31 May 2013

Telecaster Two - 5 - Routing The Truss Rod Channel

It's time for the scary bit... routing the truss rod channel!  I want the channel to be perfectly straight, central, a tight fit and perfect depth.  My jig consists of the the neck clamped firmly in my Workmate with 2 pieces of MDF clamped securely above with a gap just wide enough for the collar on my small router to ride between.


My first run yielded good results but ran a little short as the clamps restricted the router stopping it from getting as far along the neck as I needed but I will fix that for my second run.

First run, about 1/3 depth but not quite long enough.

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