I got a Shop Fox Overarm Router with a 2 HP Craftsmen Router (1/4" & 1/2" collar), for my 30th birthday (2/21). It's a router that moves up/down via a footpedal. You don't have to use ball bearing router bits with this tool. A pin in the table replaces the ball bearing. You don't have to hold/move the router, you just push the body around the pin. You can see your work better with this router, before you fuck something up badly. Check YouTube "router overarm guitar" to see a video of one of these in action.
I drilled thru the plastic router guard and added a dust collector line.
Plumbed it to my Jet Dust Collector (sorry turn your head sides way)
The pin router uses a pin in the table... instead of a ball bearing on your router bit. You mount the template to the bottom of the guitar, instead of top. I've got a ball bearing router bit on it, cause everything in my collection is ball bearing. I'm gonna start using spiral bits now though.
See all the black sharpy marks & pink Bondo... bearings ate my fucking template
The router bit & pin are in line with each other. I used a 2x4 with a 1/2" hole in it... 1/2" pin & 1/2" router bit... used the 2x4 to get em squared. Then tightend the all the bolts, so everything is "squared up"... (sorry turn your head sides way again)
I used a bunch of hole saws to cut out these dowels. I'm gonna use em as offsets on top of the pins. I can make a contour jig using this overarm router. Every time I make a contour cut, I go to the next dowel size up... make a pass, and go deeper each time. Should end up with a even consisten, easy to make contour ever time.
My useless ball bearing router bit collection
