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Guys...thank you all for your quick responses. I was actually having a little better luck using a 1/8" roundover bit but my son (who fishes on the Dobbins pro staff) believes there is a way to actually do this with a 3/16" bit with very little sanding. In this case, I don't agree with him. I'm going back to what I was doing before. I don't mind a little sanding...after all...this is a handmade crankbait. I will post some pics of this finished product. Thanks again for your responses. David...

Hey guys, I've made a nice flat sided balsa bait out of medium density 3/8" balsa. I have 3/16" roundover router bit mounted in a perfectly flush table to round over the edges. Two things are happening here...1)even though I have the bit perfectly set to hit the center of the bait, when I flip it over to rout the other side, the second edge seems to cut a little deeper so when you look down the bait from the nose to the tail, one side looks a little higher than the other...I'm thinking that the bearing is able to move closer to the bait several thousanths of an inch, thus causing the problem. 2) the baits come out perfectly smooth except in a couple of places...where it looks almost like the grain of the bait is being aggravated by the router, thus causing these imperfections. Trying to sand out these problems only seems to make them worse...could someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong? I have a great bait, I just want to put a great finish on it. Thanks in advance for your help.