We happened to run across a website that is in partnership with the National Science Foundation which offers STEM courses in CNC guitar building...www.guitarbuilding.org offers a range of styles that one can make on the CNC and since we have had quite a few solid body instruments built in the past with more traditional methods we thought we would give it a whirl. Once again, we test all of the files our on inexpensive pine prior to machining more expensive chunks of material. After making a few mistakes in our choice of toolpaths we hit upon the perfect combination of feeds and speeds as well as the correct order to run the files.
The site offers a number of different styles of body and they also sell complete hardware kits for each model. We are machining the neck next so stay tuned for the completed project!
The site offers a number of different styles of body and they also sell complete hardware kits for each model. We are machining the neck next so stay tuned for the completed project!
Oh yeah, we also made a new stool for the CNC station (we broke the old metal one)!!!
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