Omzig's Consolidated Build Thread/Works In Progress..Redux

[Omzig]

Right been away a while so lets try this again....New thread Redux.

First off i spent sometime upgrading all the Plates/Ballscrews/Driver/Controler ect for my old desktop workbee CNC mid last year, it's all done now and is SUPER SOLID, but man it was a total nightmare/PITA while it was in progress,if it could have gone wrong it did! everything for missing/wrong parts being sent to misunderstanding/spec of part lenght/types and shipping/customs delays to stuff going missing in the post & a PC/PSU/SSD meltdown (also my 11 year old dog died in Nov last year which was the cherry on top of a shit year...) Also unknow to me my Bro put a VPN on the home router so my dad could get extra sports channels on his TV stick and SS won't load for me at all and kept saying my I.P. was band!

Anyhows enough of my moaning

Pic of the Upgraded CNC.

Decided today to recut the RGT design i built last year but with a 2 piece Black Limba body

The Ash one of these i cut last year got sprayed up in baby blue...but the paint i used will just not cure, so today that also went in the stripping bag & i'll try another brand once the weather improves (funny that it won't cure but it also doesn't seem to be coming off very well either!)

Good to be back

Laters
Giz

 

[Omzig]

Need to cut and trim a matching venner for the headstock and cut a cavitiy cover, not sure if this is going to get and oil finsh or 2k/clear...

 

[JimF]

That's seriously nice! Crying out for a bevel/scoop on the rear of that lower horn too!

 

[Omzig]

That's seriously nice! Crying out for a bevel/scoop on the rear of that lower horn too!

Sounds like a plan thx for the suggestion ,

 

[Omzig]

That's seriously nice! Crying out for a bevel/scoop on the rear of that lower horn too!

Yep you were bang on my man (i also added a wenge accent block/insert for the string bar becuase i like the look of it from my Ash version of this body.

I found if you set the step over to 5% (thats 0.3mm!) you need zero sanding which was nice (bbq fluid wipe down,same as naptha but 1/10 the cost!)

Started to clean up this F Hat type 5 string neck thru bass i started a while ago, Flamed Beech top on an Ash back (it's also chambered)

Laters.

 

[JimF]

Stop distracting me with different woods!

 

[Omzig]

Got the headstock venner on (still need to cut the rod access) just waitting for some 240 sanding sleaves to do the final edge sanding and the body & it 'sready for a grain fill & finish, not sure if im going for poly oil or CA on this.

Got a 10" touch screen for my CNC, Bargin ebay blow out brand new at just £43! im going to be using this in combo with an arcade controller for jogging/zeroing saves having to keep picking up the mouse.

 

[Omzig]

Been offline with a few IRL issues....time to update this a little bit more


Cut some aluminium plates (dam i hate cutting ali..) for the CNC sp i could flip and lock the Z -Axis mount in place, doing so means that the carraige doesn't have to lift/hold the weight of the motor, also swapped out the spindle holder for something a LOT stronger with a larger holding area.

Hope to get back to building in the next few days, i have a headless 5 string design im looking forward to getting built.

 

[cip 123]

Machine looks great! I'm jealous

 

[dmlinger]

Looking so good, man. I've been MIA for a long while too, so it's really nice to open up the luthier section to see your work. Maybe the bug will bite me again soon!