Sassafrassin'

[dozymuppet]

Yep, me too. I'm thinking I might fill the knots first.

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[FrankenWashie]

Good work!
I hope that knotty bit in the neck pocket area doesn't pose a problem when routing though.

Yep, me too. I'm thinking I might fill the knots first.

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If you spend some time carefully hogging out, you should be able to avoid any major drama. The idea of filling is probably a good standby, possibly dribbling in some thin CA is about all you need to do though, lest you make your hogging out that little bit harder.

This appears to be a drop top so some careful Forstner bit work might just do it. If you are really worried about it, you could treat that knotty section to some predrilling with a Brad point (4-6mm) before switching to the Forstners.