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Help the router slipped.

Post by MattW » Wed May 28, 2014 8:45 pm

Luckily I still have fingers. :mrgreen:

I did manage to rout the top on my guitar while routing the channel for the end graft :x :x :x :x


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Any tips on how to fix this one? The top wood is cedar, and I have some offcuts to fill it in.
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Re: Help the router slipped.

Post by charangohabsburg » Wed May 28, 2014 9:02 pm

I would fill it with a nice contrasting material instead of trying to hide it. Well, not only fill the actual cut but rather make a proper inlay.
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Re: Help the router slipped.

Post by rocket » Wed May 28, 2014 9:14 pm

Yes what Markus said,, maybe something along the lines of what you've used in your rosette.
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Re: Help the router slipped.

Post by Kim » Wed May 28, 2014 9:39 pm

Yeah, just keep the cut going and match it in with whatever your doing with the binding and purfling.

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Post by simso » Wed May 28, 2014 10:04 pm

I would do a small inlay down there ,just turn it into something of a different shape to the butt insert
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Re: Help the router slipped.

Post by MattW » Wed May 28, 2014 10:17 pm

Thanks guys. Pretty frustrating I just got the box closed a few weeks ago, and been making various jigs to rout the end graft and bindings- first cut and the sleeve on the router slipped

I can try to inlay a decorative piece in there.

I was also thinking to scoop out an area around the cut and glue in a matching-grain piece of the spare top wood, then plane smooth. I could use Titebond, CA, or HHG what would be best?
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Re: Help the router slipped.

Post by charangohabsburg » Wed May 28, 2014 11:17 pm

MattW wrote:I can try to inlay a decorative piece in there.
Not too long ago, Allen has done a phantastic job after having run into a very similar problem. Check out this thread.
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Post by johnparchem » Wed May 28, 2014 11:17 pm

MattW wrote:Thanks guys. Pretty frustrating I just got the box closed a few weeks ago, and been making various jigs to rout the end graft and bindings- first cut and the sleeve on the router slipped

I can try to inlay a decorative piece in there.

I was also thinking to scoop out an area around the cut and glue in a matching-grain piece of the spare top wood, then plane smooth. I could use Titebond, CA, or HHG what would be best?
Any patch that is cut across the grain will never go way. I would figure out a decorative inlay to put there. Stay away from CA on the top as the exposed end grain can wick a nasty stain up into the top. Tightbond or hide glue are OK.

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Re: Help the router slipped.

Post by Allen » Thu May 29, 2014 6:16 am

I had to do something with a router mishap recently. You can see my solution to the top here.
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Re: Help the router slipped.

Post by kiwigeo » Fri May 30, 2014 8:13 pm

A nice inlay of a router going haywire on a butt strip?? :mrgreen:
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Re: Help the router slipped.

Post by MattW » Fri Jun 27, 2014 11:02 pm

Thanks for all the input, it has really helped to get over this relatively minor but near fatal blunder :cl

I have made an inlay that matches the rosette (jarra, mahogany bordered by Tassie blackwood) that covers the offending area:) Its glued in with titebond (thanks for all the glue tips).

Its not sanded smoooth yet but looks ok.

The thick bit of Blackwood at the bottom is to allow room to route(wish me luck) the mahogany bindings in and still have a border of blackwood between the bindings and inlay.... hopefully.



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Re: Help the router slipped.

Post by Taffy Evans » Sun Jun 29, 2014 7:11 am

Great, I always found that an "accident" is the mother of creativity. I have a sign in my shop that says
"In The Middle of Every Difficulty Lies Opportunity". Over the years I have used inlays creatively in many instances for this very reason.
Good fix. I have a router blooper to show too. :oops:
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