Kevin Chilcott
Luthier
MAKING AN 'ANGEL'
Routing for a 'Front Mount' Control Cavity
Page 2
The 1st Part..... Done.
The 2nd Part
is to rout down about 1/4" (6mm)
lower in the area of the control cavity.
( To the Lower-Left.)
The 3rd Part is to rout down lower
at the two ends of the pickup
cavities. The maximum depth to go to would
be about 1" (24mm).
This is to allow space for the pickup
supports and springs.
( You can see this to the middle
right of the pictures above and below.)
All Routed. The Pattern
has been taken off.
The pencil marks, showing
the Pattern position before the routing, can still be seen.
The Body has now been
Sanded all over with about 120 grit Garnet Paper.
An Orbital Sander is probably best.
That's this Stage finished.
The Next Stages will be to.....
Mark out the position of the neck
joint.
Make a Template and a Router
Pattern to be able to cut a good clean joint.
Set up the Pattern and the Router
and then go on and do it.
I'll continue this as soon as I can.....
ROUTING FOR A 'FRONT MOUNT' CONTROL CAVITY P1