Acoustic Guitar Construction

Would this be a good way to get a good consistent bevel?

I don't see why that wouldn't work with the right radius. I just hand sand mine. Here's one of the latest I did.

Looks real good to me. I admit to being a little worried about a router that close to a finished body..

I like the look of that a lot too. Really nice Tim.

ddietz wrote:I like the look of that a lot too. Really nice Tim.

Thanks. I've done 4 or 5 that way. Just gently sand a round over on the edge when I'm sanding the box, nothing to it.

I have used a round over bit (I think its 1/16" radius?) make sure the bit is sharp and make the safety passes just like routing binding channels (helps avoid chip outs) -- also take care so the top under the finger-board edge is not rounded, there you want the nice sharp corners.

Is there a hand tool with that same radius that would do the job? Not that I'm afraid of chip-out - heck no, it's......my wife, who likes to watch me work...yeah it's her I'm thinking about