Re-position 5way switch

[Bruno]

Hope correct section...
Rear rout body: how can I make the cut out of traditional position for 5-way switch in a finished body?
Ok, I'm a black swan , but when the switch is positioned on neck pu gives me a bit of discomfort...
A small drill bit and a thin blade are enough? 

 

[Cagey]

Not necessarily a thin blade, because you have to make the slot wide enough to accommodate the switch operator/handle. What's more crucial is that the blade be of small diameter, so you don't make the slot too long. Just go down as far as you need to make it to the other side, then use a file to make slot the appropriate length and width. If you don't have a file that'll work, a fingernail file is sometimes handy for that, and they're very cheap. The only problem with them is there usually isn't any abrasive on the edges.

 

[Bruno]

Ok, *small* not thin
Thank you

 

[line6man]

http://www.dremel.com/en-us/Attachments/Pages/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=670

 

[Bruno]

http://www.dremel.com/en-us/Attachments/Pages/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=670

Thank you but...
I should bought it for use only one time  :binkybaby:

 

[Cagey]

My rule is: What would it cost to have somebody else do it? If the price of the tool set is roughly two times that cost, I'll buy the tool set and do it myself since the second time you use it it's free and you still have the tool.

The downside to that is not all tools are intuitive so you may create a larger problem by trying to save money. Fortunately for me, that hasn't happened too often, at least not in recent years. As time goes on and your base experience grows, familiarity becomes less of an issue. Many things just become variations on a theme.

 

[OzziePete]

..and some of us should never venture near a Dremel! I'm surprised I still have all my fingers and thumbs. :sad:








Tho I guess some of us here have extra ones, so if they lose a pinky they still have the pre requisite. Call it the 'benefit' of cousins marryin 2 generations back. The desert nights can get purty cold and even a bunk in with yer cuz might seem attractive after a week on the trails with beef.....

 

[Cagey]

..and some of us should never venture near a Dremel! I'm surprised I still have all my fingers and thumbs. :sad:

Everybody has bogeymen, and that fear can be debilitating.

Mine used to be spiders. Damned things practically paralyzed me just by thinking about me (as if they could or did! LOL! Wait... they can't, right?). Then, back 100 yearsa ago when I bashed my skull in and lost most of my memory, the fear went away. Surprised the hell out of me. I was sitting on the porch one day not too long out of the hospital and this big, hairy, 8-legged godzilla-sized bastard ran right across my foot. Didn't even blip my heart rate. I just looked at it and wondered if it was worth killing. Wasn't in the house, so it wasn't breaking any laws there... so I just shrugged it off. I'm sure he ate a bug or two I wouldn't like around in thanks <grin>

Shrink said many fears are created in childhood and the events that create them aren't consciously remembered later in life, even though sub-conscious remembers and the fears persist. So, apparently I lost more memory than I thought. Glad to be rid of that one, in any event.

But, back to the subject at hand, my dad practically rebuilt the entire house I grew up in using only a sabre saw (jigsaw) to cut everything. He was terrified of circular saws, or anything that even resembled them. Caused him one helluva lotta unnecessary work. Jigsaws weren't that great back then.

 

[line6man]

..and some of us should never venture near a Dremel! I'm surprised I still have all my fingers and thumbs. :sad:

No, it's a surprisingly safe tool. It cuts very well, with very little kickback. It's basically like operating a plunge router, for this application.
It does have a blade guard, but you can cut yourself if you press it inward for whatever reason. You would have to deliberately try to get hurt, though. You should be paying attention to where your hands are, anyways.

The blade tends to flex and give you a slightly crooked slot, but the kerf is so damn thin to begin with that you can take care of it with needle files as you widen up the slot.

 

[OzziePete]

That's what I meant gentlemen. A Dremel doesn't kick back (well not much anyways), it doesn't snarl and carry on like it could hurt you.......and I still have near misses..I get too cocky with the darned thing.