Although doing a few climb cuts to avoid tear out is a good idea. Mark covers that in the course but this is general woodworking info that can be found anywhere. Stewmac is a good resource, they will have a diagram with arrows showing how it’s done. You can usually get away without doing climb cuts but every once in a while it will get you.

It’s especially important to do it for the binding channels on an acoustic as tearing out that spruce is really easy.

Always switch it off before changing bits

I switch mine off, *and* unplug it.  Some of those bits scare me, and the thought of putting my fingers anywhere near them, when there's even the remotest chance of the starting to spin, makes me fearful.

Yup, it's switched off, but I look at that little switch, and think how easy it would be to just knock it.

Or maybe some sort of electrickery would switch the router on all by itself ...

Nope, I unplug it too.

I switch mine off, *and* unplug it

@tv101. I'm with you on this one tv. 

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@tv Aye for sure, I've been doing that with the bandsaw it's pretty much standard practice for me, it ain't off until it's unplugged.

it ain't off until it's unplugged.

@cheesewhisk. 👍 I agree. It doesn't take much effort to keep safe.

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@tv101

I also do that. Even though on my router it would be quite difficult to hit the switch while changing bits I’ve always unplugged it while doing so. I don’t take any chances with that particular job.

Neck angle jigg actually done.

Well all bar the strips, would cork work? I don’t have hard wood strips.

@robin

I think your router advice is sound

@tv101

Have to agree with you about unplugging the router, they don't usually have a no volt release switch just a simple on/off so there is always a chance that residual charge could be left in the router if it had a capacitor somewhere in its circuit. It would only take a slight kick in the motor to give a nasty injury.

Well all bar the strips, would cork work? I don’t have hard wood strips

Hi @cheesewhisk. I actually think that cork works better.

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would cork work?

@cheesewhisk Yeah cork will do, it’s only to stop the neck from moving in the jig (because of the the radiused fretboard. 👍

Cool, I’ve got some cork tiles that look spot on. I’ll glue them down 

Cool, I’ve got some cork tiles that look spot on. I’ll glue them down 

@cheesewhisk Depending on how thick your cork tiles are, you may have to do a couple of layers on top of one another, on each side. 👍