# Adding the channel for the bumper?

**URL:** <https://forum.gbfans.com/t/adding-the-channel-for-the-bumper/33270>\
**Category:** Proton Packs\
**Created:** [December 23, 2011, 1:11pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/adding-the-channel-for-the-bumper/33270 "2011-12-23T13:11:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![joeyvenkman](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/joeyvenkman/32/186282_2.png) [@joeyvenkman](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/joeyvenkman)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 1:11pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/adding-the-channel-for-the-bumper/33270/1 "2011-12-23T13:11:58Z")

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Hello! I have a wooden [bumper](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/equipment/proton-pack/bumper), but it doesnt have the channel in it. Does anybody have a good technique for making the channel in it? Thanks!

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**Author:** ![drjameshouse](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/6a8cbe/32.png) [@drjameshouse](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/drjameshouse)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/adding-the-channel-for-the-bumper/33270/2 "2011-12-23T15:43:20Z")

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router

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**Author:** ![ThrowingChicken](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@ThrowingChicken](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/ThrowingChicken)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 5:17pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/adding-the-channel-for-the-bumper/33270/3 "2011-12-23T17:17:30Z")

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You will either have to carve it out with a router, or build on top of it with strips of wood and such.

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**Author:** ![ProtonCharger](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/e0b2c6/32.png) [@ProtonCharger](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/ProtonCharger)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 5:19pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/adding-the-channel-for-the-bumper/33270/4 "2011-12-23T17:19:38Z")

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> [@ThrowingChicken](#):
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> You will either have to carve it out with a router, or build on top of it with strips of wood and such.

yeah, like this guy did.

> **[My First \[real\] Proton Pack](https://forum.gbfans.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=13827)**
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> I’ve built a few junk packs in the past, and started work on a pretty decent foam core pack that I never finished, so this marks the first proton pack I’ve worked on in my new age of building. It started with one of the new shells Java was...