The Fretboard | Project Mehr | Guitar Build Log Part 3
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- Опубліковано 22 чер 2024
- Mehr is starting to take shape! today we are making an beautiful wenge fretboard for my guitar. Today's plan is to cut copper fret markers, then thickness the stock, and finally machine the wenge fretboard and glue in the inlays / fret markers. This fretboard came out INCREDIBLE.
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0:00 Introduction
00:52 Copper Inlay Material
01:35 CAM for the Inlays in Fusion 360
05:43 Machining prep
09:06 Machining the copper
11:11 Inlay cleanup
13:02 CNC thickness planing method
17:14 Custom facing G-Code
20:36 Facing the wenge stock to thickness
27:24 Machining prep for inlays / roughing
30:33 Machining inlays & roughing passes
33:57 Summary of progress & mistakes
35:54 Gluing & filing in the inlays
37:04 3D Adaptive to prep for radius
37:52 3D Parallel for 12" fretboard radius
39:22 2D Contour to trim copper and fretboard to final size
39:45 Fret Slots
40:26 Results and final thoughts
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hey austin, i like that you go in depth, thanks
Wenge! What a great wood for a fretboard. 2nd only to Ziricote.
"scared me to death"
ME TOO! lol
I've graduated to .25mm end mills for complex inlays. Nailbiters
Thank You Austin, I enjoyed this -video very much
Glue the fretboard to the neck then radius and cut fretslots. Soon as you glue the pre radius fretboard it is uneven like a Gibson. Fret levels end up all over the shop..
Nice job, a pleasure to watch.
I recently discovered your channel and just wanted to say I am really enjoying your videos. Very nice piece of Wenge...
Hello Austin I recently found your channel.
We always used denatured alcohol when cutting, milling or drilling soft metals like aluminium or Cooper. I never had any problems even with a 1mm (0.04 inch) endmill or drill.
But remember denatured alcohol is highly flammable ;) so keep it away from your spindle motor.
BTW: what superglue and activator you are using? I'm looking for a good one.
amazing as ever Austin. it has soo been worth the wait . loving the copper idea to really turned out great .
Top Work mate
Thank you!! I'm so happy with how this turned out. Got me pumped to make the body now
Did I miss how you did the cam in fusion for fret boards?
Hey Austin! Great job and great video, as always. Could you make a quick video about your CAM process for fret slots? That would be awesome, I tend to use the 3D Project toolpath but I’m struggling with the settings. Would love to hear about your method. Keep up the great job man!!
Did Austin ever get back to you about the CAM for fret slots? I am thinking it has to be a Trace operation but I can't see how he gets that from model since there aren't sketch lines inside the fret slots. Thanks.
I’m wondering the same! Let me know if you guys find any info! Likewise, I’ll let you know.
Hey Austin! Any tips on CAM for fretboard and slots? Thanks!
That's some nice piece of fretboard mate! As I don't have a CNC, I've been always curious about making a jig for my router to do the fretslots with the small bit showed in this video, but I don't know if that will work at all. Really great content in this channel, subscribed already
Thanks mate! I can think of a few ways to make jig that work, but it may require a cnc to make the jig so that may defeat the purpose:P
Great work mate. It looks awesome!!!.... What about that CA glue on your fingers??? LOL!!
Hahaha so many people have asked about that, the CA I use never seems to tack up without the activator - or at least takes about 10 minutes. So I have plenty of time to simply wipe it off. No fingers were glued together in the making of this film 😀
@@austinshaner WHATTTTTT!!!???? Hahaha lol.... Nice work!! Looking forward to your next video
Curious about the cam clamps @ 16 min, where can I get a set of those?
I believe they are shop fox brand on Amazon.
How/why are you touching CA glue with your bare hands?
Haha everyone has commented on that. The particular CA glue I'm using takes a long time to harden without the activator spray, so I was able to simply wipe it off without any stickiness or fingers being glued together 😀. I find I tend to use my hands a lot when applying glue, as you'll see in the next video with titebond.
But If it was normal superglue I'd be screwed doing it this way. 😜