@jamesbisset Some 1/2" routers come with an interchangeable collet? Check - there may be a 1/4" and 8mm collet included. If that is the case BONUS! If not then you will need to get a smaller one for s...

@frocesterbill You can pick up bargains on eBay - the Bosch POV500 can be as little as £30.... Hmmmm...

if you might have need of a big Triton router for other jobs, then you might just have been hypothetically lucky, but you’ll probably still end up buying the smaller one too. Yup. That’s kinda what I...

@frocesterbill I think what you’re saying is I really need three?

Totally hypothetical question: If I ordered a little Triton 1400watt JOF001 router, and by some clerical error, a big Triton 2400watt TRA001 router got delivered instead, would I be right in thinking ...

Great story - and the end result is well worth the effort you went through to fix it! FYI: Image uploads now fixed but we too are looking at using Imgur in the future

Excellent work and a lot of lessons learned. I will definitely listen to your warnings and hope it sinks in to my brain.

Jack of all trades........and you mastered it. ✌️???

And this is how it looks today ... Of course, you can see the outline of the plug close-up, but the pickup and bridge do a pretty good job of hiding the different grain patterns between the plu...

(Photo uploads are now erroring, so linking instead) The next bit took a bit of precision cutting and sanding, and then the assistance of Mr Mallet. Now, lets trying routing out the pickup cavity...

Ahhh, look, *that's* where the pickup cavity was, originally. And, that's also where it really ought to be. Attachment : 20160317_123019.jpg And now, one nice clean - if rather large - hole i...

It was about a year later before I decided to try to fix the result of my inability to do basic maths. (Despite what my A-level certificates might say). My mis-rout had actually removed the cap more-...

Right then @markbailey @Russ, your breaths can now be unbaited ... Feeling rather chuffed with myself (did I mention that already) for rescuing this guitar, and also a little impatient to get on and g...

I'm intrigued. I wait with baited breath for the next installment. ?✌️???

I was feeling quite chuffed with myself at this point. Yes - For me that is often the point at which things go pear shaped - I've learned to recognise this as a red flag (usually 10 secs too late)......

Attachment : 20150314_162008.jpg Here you can see the carve blends in the extra thickness. I was feeling quite chuffed with myself at this point. This point was just before the next point. The ne...

Next stage, glue the cap to the body, and then start carving the cap ... Attachment : 20150308_142132.jpg You can see the difference in thickness in the pic above. The outer ledge is a contact...

... back out with the thicknessing jig, and a nice thick piece of birds eye maple. Attachment : 20150307_120654.jpg This is going to be thicknessed into a wedge shape ... Attachment : 20150...

Attachment : 20150303_150549.jpg That's about 6mm-8mm taken off the top, and a nice sharp edge created. Guess what happens next ...

Because the strings were going to be so high at the bridge point, the obvious first step in the fix was to make the body thinner, and therefore to make the strings even higher at the bridge. Attach...