LiveOVErdrive
CNC hack
God I love watching a model become a real object.
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LiveOVErdrive
CNC hack
Body is done milling.
It is somehow way smaller than I expected. It is going to be LIGHT.
It is somehow way smaller than I expected. It is going to be LIGHT.
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LiveOVErdrive
CNC hack
I screwed up and routed a little bit of the cable jack route away. This wasn't really a problem because the bottom of the route was too thin anyway, and would for sure break down the road. I decided to take a template bit and just trim it through. I like it.
Not sure what to do for finish. I originally planned to do a natural finish to show off the set neck and the pretty pine grain. But now I'm thinking a chameleon paint job would look great on those bevels.
Either way there will be a couple coats of epoxy on top of this pine to give a nice substrate and keep the wood from denting every time I touch it.
Not sure what to do for finish. I originally planned to do a natural finish to show off the set neck and the pretty pine grain. But now I'm thinking a chameleon paint job would look great on those bevels.
Either way there will be a couple coats of epoxy on top of this pine to give a nice substrate and keep the wood from denting every time I touch it.
LiveOVErdrive
CNC hack
I haven't done any hand carving since I got my cnc machine. I actually miss it. This is fun as hell.
Albake21
Ibanez Nerd
That's exactly why I don't want to do CNC. I have access to a huge ShopBot but it's just way more enjoyable carving by hand.
KnightBrolaire
SSO's unofficial pickup tester
hand carving contours is definitely my favorite part of building
LiveOVErdrive
CNC hack
I think I'm gonna go for a hybrid approach in the future. Or at least on the next build. I've still got my monster pin router, so I think I'll make body templates on my cnc machine and do the heavy lifting with the pin router.
Necks I'll probably still do on cnc though. It's great for that.
Necks I'll probably still do on cnc though. It's great for that.
LiveOVErdrive
CNC hack
I even get to use my scrapers. Real easy and fun on pine.
Cnc does a bang up job on a neck and fretboard, I gotta say.
LiveOVErdrive
CNC hack
Nothing so fancy. I just leave tabs to hold it in the blank until it's totally done. Then I band saw it out and clean the tabs off by hand (or with a flush trim router bit when possible).
Here it is before trimming.
I decided not to mill the backside into shape and carve it by hand instead. Was having enough fun with the rear bevel on the body I wanted to push it farther. Also I got a new idea for the neck shape and I want to try it.
lewis
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That body shape is next level.
Seriously awesome.
I would love a cnc machine
Seriously awesome.
I would love a cnc machine
Bearitone
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Nice! Interesting work flow. What neck profile were you planning on trying? Trapezoidal? Asymmetrical?
LiveOVErdrive
CNC hack
Both of those things. I was palming just the raw board and I kind of liked it.
Not doing the offset thing like an endurneck but I am going to try something trapezoidal.
LiveOVErdrive
CNC hack
Thanks everyone!
Hoping to get the neck trimmed and glued into the body tonight.
Hoping to get the neck trimmed and glued into the body tonight.
LiveOVErdrive
CNC hack
Trimmed the neck. For this I decided to get out my old pin router jig. This was fun, but I made a mistake and got some tearout on the head. I think I can fix it but I'll have to be more careful in the future.
Pretty sure what happened is that I trimmed up the whole thickness at once on the end grain. Need to take much shallower cuts. It's been a while.
This is my first set neck and I think I've already learned a few things for the next time. For one, the next time I do a neck angle I'm going to either use an angled template or angle the workpiece on the table when I route it. To do this one I rounded the edges over. This is fine but I think I'd get a better fit with squared up edges.
Regardless, tomorrow morning I can hold a guitar shaped piece of wood in my hands, so that's pretty exciting!
Pretty sure what happened is that I trimmed up the whole thickness at once on the end grain. Need to take much shallower cuts. It's been a while.
This is my first set neck and I think I've already learned a few things for the next time. For one, the next time I do a neck angle I'm going to either use an angled template or angle the workpiece on the table when I route it. To do this one I rounded the edges over. This is fine but I think I'd get a better fit with squared up edges.
Regardless, tomorrow morning I can hold a guitar shaped piece of wood in my hands, so that's pretty exciting!
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LiveOVErdrive
CNC hack
The torn out headstock was bothering me a lot so I went and fixed it last night.
Missing a big chunk on the left:
So I glued a block in place, and I'll use the top of the headstock as a template to trim it later.
And I'm not sure how good the neck joint is (may not have gotten a tight enough fit in the corners), but the guitar feels GREAT in the hands. This build is supposed to be a practice anyway so I'm trying not to let it bother me too much. If it doesn't turn out great, I'll just build another one.
Missing a big chunk on the left:
So I glued a block in place, and I'll use the top of the headstock as a template to trim it later.
And I'm not sure how good the neck joint is (may not have gotten a tight enough fit in the corners), but the guitar feels GREAT in the hands. This build is supposed to be a practice anyway so I'm trying not to let it bother me too much. If it doesn't turn out great, I'll just build another one.
Solodini
MORE RESTS!
Looking good!
