So the battery box rout was next on the agenda.

I jigged up for this, made a tight fit template as below



The battery box needed a 1 1/4” deep cavity, so I started by hogging out with brad points to roughly the right depth. Then I went in with a 3/8” short follow bit. This got me about 3/4” in to where I needed to be



To get to the right depth I had to then change to a longer bit, so the first cut went fine, but then utter disaster!



The longer bit grabbed, and due to the very fibrous nature of the timber it ripped up both the body and my template.


Thankfully the template prevented the bit from ripping through the side of the body but it is going to need some serious bogging and filling to put to rights. The but that bugs me most is that I was only taking another 2mm out when it happened, and I still need to get that 2mm out!

So it’s back new template time, bondo up and try again.


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