Carving A Guitar Neck In Real Time On The X-Carve Pro

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  • čas přidán 28. 06. 2024
  • This video shows, in real-time, the process I use to carve a guitar neck on my X-Carve Pro CNC machine. Skip ahead if you want to see the details for each operation:
    00:00 The truss rod
    08:27 The headstock face rough carve
    15:00 The headstock face finish carve
    25:20 The headstock back rough carve
    40:42 The headstock back finish carve
    51:56 The neck contour and heel rough carve
    01:11:46 The neck contour and heel finish carve
    01:38:54 Job complete
    01:40:43 The results
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Komentáře • 31

  • @Rockingoodman
    @Rockingoodman Před 2 lety +1

    Thanks for this.

  • @pipedreamfretworks
    @pipedreamfretworks Před 2 lety +1

    I'm amazed you carved the whole thing with 1, 1/4" 2 flute spiral upcut bit. I'd have thought you'd need a bullnose or roundnose bit. This is very helpful. Thx

    • @HighlineGuitars
      @HighlineGuitars  Před 2 lety +1

      I am using a round nose now for certain finishing operations.

  • @fenders9911
    @fenders9911 Před 2 lety +1

    you make it look easy on your flip I am having lot of trouble doing the neck flip

    • @Utaheyelid
      @Utaheyelid Před 2 lety +2

      I use 1/2" dowels to line up the cuts. You carve the dowel holes through the center line of the blank at the start and matching holes into your spoilboard. Lines up perfect everytime when your flip it, and holds the work in place. I just add a few clamps at the corners.

  • @timseverson5578
    @timseverson5578 Před 2 lety +2

    Thanks for sharing... especially tooling and machine speeds!!

  • @eyeofamon
    @eyeofamon Před 2 lety +1

    Thank you so much for this!

  • @AndrewScott1762
    @AndrewScott1762 Před 2 lety +1

    You are a national treasure, Chris.

  • @jimmykunz1
    @jimmykunz1 Před 2 lety

    In the year 2525. 🎶🎶. Some machine doing that for you 🎶🎶🎶🎶

    • @HighlineGuitars
      @HighlineGuitars  Před 2 lety

      The human race will be long gone before 2525. The only things that will remain will be the machines and the artificial intelligence that runs them perpetually for all eternity.

  • @murpsman
    @murpsman Před 2 lety +1

    The music makes it seem like a French film.

  • @theluthiersapprentice3309

    Aside from tool changes, flipping the blank, etc. how time was spent "babysitting" the machine? Are you able to do other (constructive) stuff while the machine is running? I am building a machine myself. I plan to use it to do headstock and neck inlays, maybe cut fret slots. Personally I enjoy carving necks by hand. I find it remarkably satisfying (dopamine release, aroma therapy and all that). But then, I am not doing it for the money (yet).
    Cheers and well done.

    • @HighlineGuitars
      @HighlineGuitars  Před 2 lety +2

      I’m near the machine just in case a bit breaks or something else. While it carves, I’m doing other stuff. After my 300th neck 5 years ago, the romance of hand carving them vanished.

  • @pipwerks
    @pipwerks Před 2 lety +1

    Thanks a bunch for sharing yur feeds and speeds! Just curious, why not have the CNC do the tuner holes, too?

    • @pipwerks
      @pipwerks Před 2 lety

      OK I think I see why -- they wouldn't be set to the correct angle, because the headstock is angled. If it were a non-angled Fender-style headstock you could do it on the CNC. Thanks again

  • @davedupuis2069
    @davedupuis2069 Před 2 lety +1

    Chris I really enjoy your tips on guitar building and finishing but personally all these recent videos about your CNC and programming stuff are not my cup of tea. Obviously I don't know how the majority of your following feel about them but I for one hope to see more of your "normal" postings again soon.

    • @HighlineGuitars
      @HighlineGuitars  Před 2 lety +1

      Sorry, but CNC is the new "normal."

    • @davedupuis2069
      @davedupuis2069 Před 2 lety +1

      @@HighlineGuitars Maybe for full time or professional builders but your channel has always targeted the small shop and I would venture to say most small shops still are not using CNC machines due to the cost.

    • @HighlineGuitars
      @HighlineGuitars  Před 2 lety +2

      @@davedupuis2069 So why is the market flooded with consumer-grade CNC machines, but almost zero pin routers?

    • @OverlandTrailer
      @OverlandTrailer Před 2 lety

      @@HighlineGuitars 100%

  • @heinrichpeffenkoffer4894

    Do they have faster machines in the big factories?

    • @HighlineGuitars
      @HighlineGuitars  Před 2 lety

      It's important to understand that when machining wood, you can only go so fast. The big factories have bigger machines to handle volume, but not necessarily faster machines.

    • @heinrichpeffenkoffer4894
      @heinrichpeffenkoffer4894 Před 2 lety

      Usable guitars are so cheap these days that I imagined the production like throwing a tree into a machine and out comes the instrument a minute later.

    • @HighlineGuitars
      @HighlineGuitars  Před 2 lety +1

      You're forgetting the part where a human inputs their creativity into a computer to generate the designs that the machine will make.

  • @thijs199
    @thijs199 Před 2 lety

    need watchtime lol

  • @twoshedsjackson6478
    @twoshedsjackson6478 Před 2 lety

    What a sad sight. Watching a machine do a man's work. Soulless. Awful and depressing. Might as well buy a Glarry.

    • @HighlineGuitars
      @HighlineGuitars  Před 2 lety +4

      Look at you using modern technology to complain about modern technology. How painfully ironic.

    • @Utaheyelid
      @Utaheyelid Před 2 lety

      @@HighlineGuitars I've just sent my complaints about your methods by carrier pigeon, should get there in a week or two.

    • @HighlineGuitars
      @HighlineGuitars  Před 2 lety

      @@Utaheyelid I also accept deliveries by Pony Express. 😉