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need some suggestions as to what tool to use to remove a small around of wood in a tight spot.

I am making a LED clock, and I sanded out a cut out for the leds to hide BEFORE gluing up the back piece.

When the clock came, the bezel and clock were thicker than I thought, now the leds are hitting the bezel, so I have to carve out a little more towards the back.

the sanding wheel on my dremel won't work too well as I don't want to hit the back of the clock, and the clock insert is block frontage work

I don't think I can use a chisel as it's a rounded area.

I was thinking of some kinda burring tool for my dremel, most of those seem to be for metal, haven't tried it yet, thought I would ask you all first.

I drew a line on the picture the area I believe I need to remove.
TIA

theres a dremel bit that is almost like a tiny saw blade that I have used for situations like this I don't remember what it was called but I got it at Lowes

One of those ocillating cutters with a small blade may work. If you do not have one, let me know. I just got one of the P.C. brand and, depending on the size of the work area, I may have a small enough blade. I would have to look to see just how small it is.

Indeed, Dremel has a little rotary saw blade that you could use to trace most of the line. Do practice a few times on some waste wood, as the blade is very thin, unshielded, and can easily wander off line. Don't cut all the way to the corners. Xacto has a chisel blade that can be used to square the corners.
I like to do intrasa, and very fine accurate cuts are not unusual. Personally I would stay away from the Dremel. Great tool for giving texture but hard to control when making a cut. I would stick to the Xacto tools. First scoring the line, then carving/whitling away the waste material. I would finish with the Xacto chisel to smooth out the cut. Patients is the best helper in creating a clean finish.
Good luck and enjoy.

This, to me, really looks like a job for a sharp chisel. Use the chisel to define the lines as you go down, & work away at the stuff in between.

thanks all and thanks 2bits for the offer.

I picked up a cutter for my dremel. It looks like a small barrel with fins all around it, smaller then my dremel sand drum. Tested it out and it seems good and controllable--unlike my past experience with a cutting wheel, which likes to walk.

will post final pix this weekend.