Quick tip: If you dont have a center finding ruler , take a 20cm ruler , put some white electrical tape and write 0 on the 10cm mark , 1cm on the 9 and 11cm mark ecc 😊
I agree with most of what you say, but would like t comment on relief. I’ve played electric guitars and many acoustic instruments over the years. I agree to level flat and adjust relief with the truss rod. The thing I’ve noticed over the years is that electrics in general don’t need any relief. Acoustics are a different story. If you are playing over a mike or playing in something like a bluegrass band, you tend to play louder and harder, and relief is a necessity. A straight acoustic neck played hard will buzz far more easily than one with some relief.
Spending a decade and a little more in the machining world after my "war" I am looking forward to getting started in this same pursuit. Metal and wood may be two different worlds...but I will figure it out!
If I remove 4 poles and replace it with plastic ones, will the pickup just absorb the tone from the strings relative to the remaining 2 poles? Thanks in advance for the answer. :)
I made a tool to line up the bridge with out of a IKEA plastic cutting board, I speak Swedish on the video but you get the idea ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4GvgkrpZ9XY.htmlsi=D17nmZBA7YI1_HLR
See you. It seems like a long time to me from 1985 to now. I realize that there are many mistakes, especially from myself, in dealing with various electric and acoustic guitar problems. Until now I have not witnessed changes that result in accurate installation. Leveling seems to be the mainstay and the pressradius tool is the main pressure. There are many other factors beyond that that must be considered. Until now I have concluded that many people lack enthusiasm for guitar problems. So I feel this is the best. Even though there is a lot that has been missed. Hopefully this can be my reflection. Have a good fight. My greetings from Indonesia. If you need help, I'm ready to do it as long as it's not part of my confidentiality in handling especially freting.
I have a similar setup and I use a Router with a 90degree drive head and a small slitting saw (40mm x ?thick) Rotozip kit type thing. Good for fret slots and with a wider cutter for neck shaping.
thanks for the video!! hoping i find the video where you profile the back of the neck. Im thinking you use a molding toolpath.. trying to find all the info i can on profiling tool paths 2.5D so i can use Vcarve pro.
No schematic on how you built the winder? I'm sure there were more people who were interested, and hell...you could even sell the schematic like other people are doing for $1.00 each download if you wanted, and buy some coffee.
Wow, amazing finish sir! And it's a good thing you don't mass produce guitars because you're level of care and attention to detail just wouldn't be possible...but imagine if you did and it was ;) The guitar-playing public would be in for quite the treat!
when you create fallaway wouldn't there be I different height between the 6th and 5th fret, and wouldn't the fret rocker rock on that spot? please advise. thanks!
dont know if this is relevant anymore but a good starting point for fretboard feeds and speeds or any tiny bit is .5 of the bit thickness for depth of cut and 2-4 ipm at about 18,000 rpm. its very slow but you can radius the fret slots so thats kind of a nice way to reduce air/glue gap at bottom of fret tangs. Im just starting making an ibanez jem tribute guitar out of african mahogany and burl pickguards and plates similar to the woody guitar but im looking for a dark almost ebony burl instead of poplar burl.I still havent attempted making a neck yet because i dont have any proper fretting tools. Beautiful work.
I’ve been learning not guitar making and running my own CNC I got just before you got yours and I’ve had pretty good luck drawing some simple things like radiuses, angles for scarf joints etc in fusion 360 which is free. May try it. I just made a sanding block with a 12” radius for fret work and I’m pretty proud of it 😂. You just draw it in fusion and export as an stl that can be imported into Vcarve. I could show you sometime if you’d like.
Luthiers seem to build a lot of unnecessary jigs at times ... When i was researching scarf joints i see tons of videos on jigs and i was asking myself, surely you can just use a hand plane and have it perfect in 2 minutes !!! I did a lot of milling with hand planes so maybe it comes natural to me to keep things square , but its a great skill to have
I find that if I use an 1/8” drill bit first for the string through holes, it works great for me to stop drill bit wobble and won’t make chips on the opposite side of the body…
Hi, could you maybe give us a parts list for the machine? I was also considering buying or building, but doing the research was a bit of a hassle for me.
