Routing template for Strat tremolo

Use:

Make sure your workpiece is placed steady, flat, at a good height with a comfortable working position and good view on your work area. With routing, always wear protective clothing such as eye and ear protection and a dust mask. Use a vacuum cleaner to remove waste material and prevent that from heaping up. Never try to route too much material at once to prevent your router from breaking away unnecessary ware on your router bit. Guide is maximum half of your router bits height and half of its diameter. To create sufficient depth while keeping the guidance bearing of your template bit against the template, work with different lengths of bits, changing them when more depth is required. Be focused.

Determine the centerline from the neck all over the body of your guitar and the position of the bridge. Mark these.

Position Part 1 of the template at the required position with the help of the center lines and secure the template with good double-sided sticky tape. If you secure the template with clamps, protect the wood of the body and make sure that your router can move freely. Route the block cavity through the body.

Place Part 2 of the template at the back of the guitar body with the text readable. Allign the bottom of the cavity to the routed cavity and check with the help of centerlines. Route the required debth that mathches your body thicknes and the required depth for the springs and spring holder that comes with your tremelo system.