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I was referring to their fixture designs, not their cutting methods. My fixture was more or less the same as theirs but I had three of them (one vertical, and one on each side) and processed three necks at a time. Taylor uses 1"x6" balls from Robb Jack and they have full flute, but they're also using 10K spindles and full size VMCs. Using smaller long cutters you have to limit flute length and stick-out to the minimum you can use, but on a router you'll have a good deal of RPM to make up for cutter size and the cutting forces trying to throw your workpiece off the vacuum should be more manageable.

The bit Kevin linked is the right sort: short flutes, long shank. It appears that Grizzly only carries them in TiAlN, uncoated and sharp would be preferable, but the price is pretty good for a cutter like that. Those insert cutters from Dapra are pretty sweet, I might have to figure out a reason to need one here at work...

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