This is an awesome project! I love the custom inlay and switching. How do you find the StewMac routing guide? I'm considering getting one so I can do routing for bindings, inlays, etc.
This is an awesome project! I love the custom inlay and switching. How do you find the StewMac routing guide? I'm considering getting one so I can do routing for bindings, inlays, etc.
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Tney're good, I use mine all the time, mainly for free-hand routing small areas and the little tasks in this thread, like inlay. With the fine downcut bits you can get nice, clean, precise inlay cuts (with a bit of practice). But, I'm no expert.Originally Posted by CascadiaGuitarGeek
You need to be careful when adjusting them and make sure everything is done up tight and locked down, so it's awkward to make changes quickly. But, you get used to it. It is quite limited in the depth it can cut, but that's just a combination of the length of Dremel bits and bulk of the base. Basically, it works well within its limits.
It can be used for binding, but wouldn't be my first choice. Set up carefully and taking things very slowly with multiple passes I'm sure you could get good results, and for some areas it would be ideal. Given the option, I'd go with a Trimmer/Router and a bearing guided binding bit (at least on flat-top bodies), short of building a dedicated binding routing jig.
Scott.
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