Hello, this is my first post, before I get started I want to thank you all for allowing me to be part of your community, I am new to lutherie and sometimes these forums can answer more questions for me than any lutherie school could(and at fractions of the price!). So here we go, I'll try not to flood the forums with too much of my nonsense newbie questions and stick to the important stuff, Thank you!
Well it seems while routing the outside edges of this strat body, my router body slipped a little bit in the base(stupid me didnt tighten it throroughly once i had it where i wanted it), to the point where the guide bearing was below the table surface causing a gouge in the body and my template(luckily not my master template, i was smart enough to make a copy). My immediate reaction was everybody's favorite, BONDO!!!! I remember seeing that bondo actually makes a product specifically for wood, and i did a little research on it, but rather than rush out to the store i thought i'd try here first and see if anybody had any experience working with this wood bondo or if there are any other better options out there(and please don't just tell me to scrap it and start over). thanks again folks!
I tried uploading the pic i took on my phone and its telling me the file size is too big, anyone know how i can downsize it/compress it/convert it? is there some freeware for that? anyways let me know if you wanna see the pic and i'll send it to you. the gouge is about an eighth of an inch deep and the deep, the roundover would probably cover it up but i need a good reference surface first to run the bearing on the roundover bit along.
and use it as an opportunity to get a bit creative. You could make an unusual inlay, turning it into a design feature. I wouldn't use bondo or something like that. That will be an obvious fill - and can't possibly look good. I'd go with a wooden inlay or another inlay and keep it organic.