Took the clamps off this evening, and started the binding channel. I use the stew-mac binding bits:
and just go in multiple passes to avoid tear out until I get to this:
I then change the bearing out on the bit to a 1/2" bearing
and route a "dummy" channel above the binding channel. Again, I got in multiple passes until I get to where the top of the binding will go. This ledge tells me not to carve below this point at the edges when carving the top:
I then routed the bottom edge of the body with a 1/4" round-over bit just to avoid any tear out on the bottom edge.
