CNC Fretboard CAM Strategies 

Chris, just moving to CNC and because I'm a Mac Designer, I'm heading down the Illustrator, Rhino/MeshCam Easel Pro route. I've successfully did all my 2D body stuff and am trying to learn the 3D radiusing for fretboard. This tutorial is great except I can't find anyone who shows how to create the Radiused model in Rhino - you mentioned you'd do a tutorial on this...please please make this happen - your tutorials are the best in the business and I've been using your methods for guitar building for years - you're my number-one go-to for all techniques of building and finishing. Cheers!

Thank you Chris, I just started in CNC guitar making and this is unbelievably helpful. Thank you for the time you’ve taken putting this together. As a newbie it is very daunting when you look at the complexity of the entire operation. Thank you for breaking it down. I wish I could give you 20 thumbs up!

Thank you for this video, Chris. I look forward to your neck video. I have been struggling with a Les Paul-style neck in confusion 360 for a while and I would love to see the process of machining that style of neck (scarf joint, stacked heel) in MeshCAM or other CAM software.

Wonderful video. Made figuring this out a snap! Thank you very much!!

This is sooooo so helpful thank you!!!

Hi Chris. I'm just looking in to getting a CNC and am really thankful for your videos! I was wondering if you would know how would Vetric Aspire would compare to using Illustrator, Rhino and MeshCam?

Hi. I've been watching your videos and it seems you use two different cam programs for your machining jobs, viz, Easel pro and MeshCam. In your opinion which is better for cnc router for use for 2D, 2.5D and 3D cnc cutting jobs.

Chris, the gymnastics you do to avoid using Fusion360 is breathtaking. You must be quadrupling the time you need to spend on these operations.

@Highline Guitars, If the fret slotting bit is already the width it needs to be, why do you add the climb cut option in the program? Wouldn't the bit need to go back and forth across the fret board (from low to high string) lowering in depth each time opposed to moving the length of the fret board parallel to the strings?

Thank you! Can you not do everything in MeshCam? I see how nice Easel is but I don't trust subscription based software. (Internet access is spotty.)

Do you fret slot after radiusing and have the slot a consistent depth?