What's on your workbench?
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Always thought this thread was about jigs n tools etc 
Here is my current WIP.... 1 piece wavy mango top & chestnut dinky, Emg 81/85, hip shot tuners etc, nearly ready for 2 tone burst n oil
Too hot for sanding this week :0
Here is my current WIP.... 1 piece wavy mango top & chestnut dinky, Emg 81/85, hip shot tuners etc, nearly ready for 2 tone burst n oil
Too hot for sanding this week :0
Getting close to wrapping up this build now, the idiot that I am I dinged the neck finish while I was crowning my frets so Ive got it re-oiling now. Should be done very soon though!
Flamed Maple top, Black Walnut Body, Rosewood neck and a gaboon ebony fingerboard with hipshot hardware and blk tri pickups
LiveOVErdrive
CNC hack
Was about time for JEM - build started yesterday. Swamp ash body, 5-piece neck (flamed maple+rosewood), ebony ferret, Edge Pro, Hipshot open gear, 3+3 headstock, Titan & LiquiFire with Blackout Modular preamp. Used my first spokewheel trussrod for better stability...
I just processed the "started yesterday" part of this post. Did you get some of the parts prefabricated or do you just work really fast?
Looks great, BTW. Very precise.
As I can't complain about too much free time, I buy the neck blanks and body blanks pre-sawn/glued/planed to my specification. That way I can directly start sawing and routing the guitar/neck shape...
Edit:forgot to mention, the fretboard's CNC pre-slotted/radiused.
Edit:forgot to mention, the fretboard's CNC pre-slotted/radiused.
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LiveOVErdrive
CNC hack
Nice. That's still a lit of work in a day. Nice work.
LiveOVErdrive
CNC hack
So I got a new toy...
Let the fun begin >:]
LiveOVErdrive
CNC hack
The machine is a Shapeoko XL from Carbide 3D. My old roommate from college (who's grad work kept him in a machine shop for many years) recommended it to me, and so far I love it! It is a pretty reasonably priced kit, and took me (who has never touched a cnc machine) only like 6 hours to assemble. Includes everything but the laptop. The spindle is just a 1.5hp Dewalt palm router, so any 1/4 inch bit can be used. Cutting area is something like 3ft by 1.5ft by 3in. Perfect for bodies and necks
I'm just getting started with fusion 360 and such, but so far it is a ton of fun. Hoping to do my next build mostly on this. Especially the fretboard. (with inlays!)
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The machine is a Shapeoko XL from Carbide 3D. My old roommate from college (who's grad work kept him in a machine shop for many years) recommended it to me, and so far I love it! It is a pretty reasonably priced kit, and took me (who has never touched a cnc machine) only like 6 hours to assemble. Includes everything but the laptop. The spindle is just a 1.5hp Dewalt palm router, so any 1/4 inch bit can be used. Cutting area is something like 3ft by 1.5ft by 3in. Perfect for bodies and necks
I'm just getting started with fusion 360 and such, but so far it is a ton of fun. Hoping to do my next build mostly on this. Especially the fretboard. (with inlays!)
Man that looks fun. so you can use it for simple operations like milling a blank flat and other things like carving out an entire body, cavities, arched tops... etc?
LiveOVErdrive
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Yep. I've got bits to do fret slots as well. And with some care I think I can mill circuit boards as well. And aluminum pedal/amp chassis. They're really useful for a lot of things.
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Picked up a nice slab of Spanish Cedar and sectioned it into a pair of 3 piece rough cuts to begin building a couple bodies. The walnut piece will be book matched but I think I'll only be able to get one top set out of it. I don't wanna risk messing it up to try to slice it into two top sets so it'll just be a nice top for one of the builds and I'll get something different for the other body.
Two slightly different templates, the wood one for a 22 fret 6 string, the acrylic one for a 7 (maybe 8) string.
This Bastonge Walnut was kinda pricey but will be worth it when the finish is applied and that flame pops out...
Two slightly different templates, the wood one for a 22 fret 6 string, the acrylic one for a 7 (maybe 8) string.
This Bastonge Walnut was kinda pricey but will be worth it when the finish is applied and that flame pops out...
NoSaintNick
Denvers finest garden level guitar repair
It's been a while since I read through the forum but I'm digging into again and actually have something to post these days. Starting with this Evertune install. I'll post updates as I dig into it. Just about to glue in the cavity blocks.
NoSaintNick
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Got the blocks glued in. Now we wait.
MoonJelly
a subtle stinging sensation..
Doing a blood-red stain on my brother's guitar, you'd never know this was just a prop 
In its current state. Not far to go!
In its current state. Not far to go!
KnightBrolaire
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Doing a blood-red stain on my brother's guitar, you'd never know this was just a prop
In its current state. Not far to go!
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Man that's nice... don't you have a build thread for this guitar?Doing a blood-red stain on my brother's guitar, you'd never know this was just a prop
In its current state. Not far to go!
