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Hey y'all. So I'm pretty new to woodworking and electric guitar making. A couple weeks ago I bought a nice amana spiral bit for use with a router table for shaping the body (it has the bearings at the end of the bit). Here's the scenario:
- Black limba blank
- We used a band saw to get the shape very close to the body template.
- with the help of a couple of experienced wood workers, we tried to finish shaping the body with a router table. We attempted a few different entry points and made sure to respect the correct feed direction
- we used a fairly high RPM (which I have since learned is actually not ideal)

Even with all these precautions the router would immediately grab the blank and basically throw it. We fortunately were able to salvage the nice blank but I'd love y'alls help to make this into a learning experience. So here are my questions:

- Is the router table less than ideal for body shaping? If so, then that's my only question :) Because I'm pretty comfortable with a hand router and just taking many many passes.
- If the router table is a smart solution for this: what should I do to avoid this problem and be able to get back on that horse. Is it the wood? the rpms? all of the things?

Thanks for considering.