CNC milling a guitarneck with a straight headstock
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- Опубліковано 3 лип 2024
- This video covers the machining of a guitarneck which fits the guitarbody of the previous video. Everything is drawn in Fusion360 and machined on my DIY machine running bCNC on a RPi.
I made 2 versions of this neck, a straight headstock and an angled version. In this video the straight version is covered.
Other topics I cover:
0:00 intro
0:55 double sided milling
2:56 project edges for 2d contour
5:20 machining the neck
As always I include the machining itself with al my settings shown in a graphic as well.
If you have any questions or tips, feel free to contact me in the comments!
Check out my website for some more info in machining guitars: www.audiohotshot.nl
A link to my previous article about CAM:
www.audiohotshot.nl/cnc-machi...
For more info on my machine:
www.audiohotshot.nl/howto-how...
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Ahhh! I'm really hoping to see more videos from your channel!! Best wishes :)
Great as always!
Your videos are really a big help!
You are welcome!
Nice! Your videos have been really helpful. I'm about to put together my first CNC and guitar building is at the top of the projects I want to do.
I hope you can start building soon! It’s so much fun, and as a bonus I’ve learned a lot! Good luck!
Amazing videos! I love watching it, maybe are the plans available?
All of these videos are so informative, really excited to find all of them. What's your strategy for glueing the fretboard onto the neck after you've milled both sides?
Thanks! How I join the fretboard and neck: Mask the the trussrod-slot with tape, put glue on the neck, spread it out evenly. Then let it dry for a bit, put the fretboard on it, clap it down. Be careful not to squeeze out the glue too much. Also do not scrape off any excess glue, you'll be pushing it into the wood and be left with stains.
I did not record my process but it is similar to
ua-cam.com/video/TTUVB_6NK5A/v-deo.html
Hope this helps!
@@Audiohotshot thanks, this is exactly what I was looking for! No fancy jigs, just a caul and some clamps.
so awesome! looking forward to seeing more videos as the guitar comes together. When do you think you're going to build one for real instead of using plywood?! Thanks again for the awesome content!
You are so right! Well in fact, I did use "real wood", but messed that piece up somehow :-) So I'm taking my time to get everything right; from the design to CAM to discovering things like: how to do a scarf joint for the neck on my CNC.
I also did research on how much play there's needed for a proper neckjoint fit, I was also asked to make a vid on how I do double sided milling and so on (all of which I already showed in my vids and blog btw).
I try to cover topics I do not see covered much anywhere else, or in explained in a way even I can understand. (Eg. practical info on feeds and speeds, tips and tricks in Fusion and so on. Maybe all I do is not 'the proper way' but at least it's a starting point :-) )
And so, the 'saga' continues; I can't help it but to discover new exciting things my DIY CNC can do.
Next in the making is a vid about my try on making a neck with scarf joint for the headstock (there's a sneakpeak in this vid btw), and do a new vid on headstock design in Fusion360, (which gives me better results than in my previous vid).
But you are right, and I also did promise my lovely wife as well, to make this guitardesign with proper wood. So she ordered me to get some pieces in the very near future. And if I do, I'll be sure to shoot a video :-)
Thank you for your support, it is appreciated!
@@Audiohotshot that sounds awesome, I would love to see the scarf joint video like you mentioned. And very cool that your wife wants you to build one with "proper wood" that is in fact what I meant in my original comment. I think it will be so cool. Your videos are always awesome and I always look forward to them! Thank you!
For projecting the outline of the body to the sketch, wouldn’t it be easier to select the body itself instead of clicking all the outlines? I usually click bodies in the selection filter of the project option and then just click the body itself.
By the way, where did you get the bits from? I’m asking this as a fellow Dutchman looking for a good deal on bits.
Great suggestion, thanks for pointing that out!
I get my bits from different online stores found on amazon and ebay, but also freesjes.nl is a regular supplier ;-)
what are those dark marks on the body and headstock??
That is the structure of the wood I'm using; it's plywood, thin layers of wood. :-)
Awesome stuff, which CNC machine would you recommend for building electric guitars?
Tough question; I built my own machine from the ground up with features that i feel are important, which could be totally different to what you think is best. Or you might not even be looking for a diy machine.
I avoided shapeoko and so on because i feel they are not stabile enough and it is belt driven. Also my machine runs a standalone RPI, has WiFi, homing switches and so on. In the end I spent less money for more features.
You could take a look at my blog to read about my machine a bit. www.audiohotshot.nl/howto-how-i-built-my-diy-cnc-machine/
Hope this is helpful.
@@Audiohotshot great, thanks, very insightful, will check out the blog
are u planning to assemble the whole guitar w electronics? would like to hear how it sounds when finnished.
I just might do that! Got some other stock in backorder at the moment, so maybe, just maybe....
@@Audiohotshot Also, you make very good and informative CAD modeling videos. Is it possible to make som more complete projects, tricks and tips ? Absolutley incredible tutorials!
@@joaago1 Great to hear, thanks! Great they are heplful to you.
Time is an issue in my case... I do have a vid or two in the making, but having said that, time will tell when..
@@Audiohotshot I would definitely buy a course on Udemy (or a similar platform with higher returns for you) with you explaining the CAD and CAM process in depth. I know very little about Fusion 360 by following Lars Christensen's tutorials, but your strategies specific to guitar building look like something you've reached with a lot of experience.
Overall, great content! I look forward to more videos! Werk ze!
@@davidlopezmejia7265 I hope the screenshots of my settings in Fusion for the different strategies offer you a starting pointon settings. But I do agree, some question might not have been answered yet in my vids; I'd love hearing some feedback in this regard, though. :-)
Thank you for mentioning Udemy, I'll look into it, although I've learned all I know today from the good old The Internet and ofcourse hours of practicing...
And learning everday feels like a victory, right? :-)
So, what happened to the next video: milling a guitar neck with an angled headstock?
It's still there where it was before, in between making and showing :-) It is there, but not to my 'standards'... So still waiting for some time and energy to update it..
@@Audiohotshot apart from that, are there any updates or changes in your cam workflow? Anything worth mentioning?
Well, of course there are updates, but it’s all in the details really, depening on the specific model.
Right now I created a workflow for the neck including the fretboard, all in one go. That should give a much smoother transition between neck and fretboard. So, first routing the trussrod, then installing the rod and glueing the fretboardstock, and continuing with the rest (shaping the neck and fretboard). That should give a much smoother result. I’ve got the cam done already, just need to find the time to do it now :-)
@@Audiohotshot that sounds more than interesting!!!
please make the videos too long ;)
I was kinda trying to avoid making long videos.... You can never guess what I've been doing for the last couple of days.. When I find the time, I'll post it...
@@Audiohotshot I'm looking forward! It's funny on my channel my biggest hit is a serie where i go on all the détails to make a guitar with very basic tools, each episode is at least 45min first i thought "it aint gonna work" and people love those and now i understand why, when you're a complete beginner those kind of vids are gold. Like me with fusion and the cnc world and your vids.