Hello Lee! Again, thenk you so much for these tutorials, i finished modeling the guitar, some changes here and there to fit my liking but it worked out incredibly! Now i will watch your machining tutorials as I have never used Fusion for machining, I used Aspire in the past but since its design capabilities are very limited is why I switched to Fusion. I will look into some GRBL setups for Fusion first and then try someting easy before machining a whole guitar!!!! i am just curious about 1 thing, is your cnc 4 axis? because of the tuning key holes, will not work if its only 3 axis, am I right?
Aloha! My CNC is 3 axis and there is an assembly video on my site. As for the head stock and neck ( if you have a break angle ), most manufacturer's use 3 axis mills and then make jigs to support the work at a 90 degree angle to the cutter. What I do for the head stock and heal ( if there is a neck break angle ) is mill to the outside edge then sand it to the correct angle using a oscillating spindle sander. The tuner holes are cut under sized, to fit a .375 forstner bit, into the head veneer. The head veneer is cut a little oversized and then glued to the head. Then I use the holes in the head veneer to pilot the 3/8 forstner thru the head. Then I ream the tuner holes to size by drilling them with the correct size twist drill. I run the drill motor backwards and enter the holes from both sides to reduce tear out. Maybe I will do a video on this. Regards Lee
@@leecraftsmen5702 Gotcha!!!!! this is going to be my first big project, I have just recently purchased a cnc machine and it's been a long learning curve, from assembling the machine to (figure out) find tuning it. Then trying Aspire, Rhinoceros and finally Fusion 360, all these happening from early March in this year, so is not a lot of time i've had to do anything really. I tried making a Telecaster neck out of a pine scrap piece i had with a design I made in Aspire, it was pretty good but not what I really wanted and there is just not much information about designing with Aspire if its not a paid tutorial (whichi wouldnt mind paying for if I had the money for it lol) I'm so glad i found your channel, I will let you know how it goes!
Another thing I should vlog is wood prep. All your wood should be cut oversized then allowed to move for about a week or so. The neck wood should be cut over sized at least 2 times, and set to rest for at least 2 weeks in between reducing the size, before the final cnc work. You need to leave extra stock on your blanks so that you can cut out the twist's, cups and bow's that will happen when the ruff milling releases the stress in the tree.
Hello Lee! Again, thenk you so much for these tutorials, i finished modeling the guitar, some changes here and there to fit my liking but it worked out incredibly! Now i will watch your machining tutorials as I have never used Fusion for machining, I used Aspire in the past but since its design capabilities are very limited is why I switched to Fusion. I will look into some GRBL setups for Fusion first and then try someting easy before machining a whole guitar!!!! i am just curious about 1 thing, is your cnc 4 axis? because of the tuning key holes, will not work if its only 3 axis, am I right?
Aloha!
My CNC is 3 axis and there is an assembly video on my site. As for the head stock and neck ( if you have a break angle ), most manufacturer's use 3 axis mills and then make jigs to support the work at a 90 degree angle to the cutter. What I do for the head stock and heal ( if there is a neck break angle ) is mill to the outside edge then sand it to the correct angle using a oscillating spindle sander. The tuner holes are cut under sized, to fit a .375 forstner bit, into the head veneer. The head veneer is cut a little oversized and then glued to the head. Then I use the holes in the head veneer to pilot the 3/8 forstner thru the head. Then I ream the tuner holes to size by drilling them with the correct size twist drill. I run the drill motor backwards and enter the holes from both sides to reduce tear out.
Maybe I will do a video on this.
Regards Lee
If you are not using a head veneer, cut one out and us it as a template.
@@leecraftsmen5702 Gotcha!!!!! this is going to be my first big project, I have just recently purchased a cnc machine and it's been a long learning curve, from assembling the machine to (figure out) find tuning it. Then trying Aspire, Rhinoceros and finally Fusion 360, all these happening from early March in this year, so is not a lot of time i've had to do anything really. I tried making a Telecaster neck out of a pine scrap piece i had with a design I made in Aspire, it was pretty good but not what I really wanted and there is just not much information about designing with Aspire if its not a paid tutorial (whichi wouldnt mind paying for if I had the money for it lol) I'm so glad i found your channel, I will let you know how it goes!
Another thing I should vlog is wood prep. All your wood should be cut oversized then allowed to move for about a week or so. The neck wood should be cut over sized at least 2 times, and set to rest for at least 2 weeks in between reducing the size, before the final cnc work. You need to leave extra stock on your blanks so that you can cut out the twist's, cups and bow's that will happen when the ruff milling releases the stress in the tree.
Also, if you can cut your wood to quarter sawn, for the neck, the grain should run straight down from fret board to heel.