Kevin Chilcott
Luthier
MAKING AN ANGEL
Routing the Truss Rod Slot
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1st
Cut of about 1/8".
( No power to the
Router when the picture was taken.)
2nd Cut of
about another 1/8".
( No power to the
Router when the picture was taken.)
3rd and Final
Cut takes the slot down to a depth - a fraction
over 3/8".
( No power to the Router when the picture
was taken.)
A bit of 3/8" aluminium channel (as will be used for the Truss Rod) has been laid in the slot to check for depth.
The slot depth is critical and needs to be 'fractionally' more than 3/8"..... so the difference can't actually be measured but can be 'felt' when a finger is passed over the wood and channel.
A comparison of two neck blanks - one routed and marked, the other just prepared.
Now back to the main Making an Angel Page.