Getting the top carved, take a drink every time I say "Three and a half degrees", it will be a fun evening! AND bonus it's not mirror imaged like the last one!
This is fantastic, quite a lot of work to get at that point that the top is all carved and ready to be routed for mortis and pickup and things like that. I use my CNC as an over-head router, not using it as a CNC when I just using it as an over-head router, it works great, even with routing for binding on a body, just adjusting the Z axis to the correct depth. You have a huge advantage because you have all the data and specs from that 1953 guitar you talked about some videos back, also you made some fantastic job documenting all the guitar on paper.. :D
@@3rguitars890 Yes and even if you dont have any knowledge about CAD software you can pay someone to make a CAD file of a top and then just learn how to set the tool path in the CNC software, I mean even if the CAD file maybe will cost you some quid, you can use it over and over and over again. but most important, you would need a very decent CNC, I have a OpenBuilds Lead 1510 so I would be able to route out a whole guitar from one piece of wood if I want to, the Lead 1010 is the same machine but a working area of about 750x750mm, my machine is 1250x750mm..
@@HearGear The CNC Bartlet top that I used for one of the 'Bursts was superb. If I was planning on making a good few of these then it would be something I'd definitely look at, thanks for the info, I will take a look, this type of tooling used to cost a fortune but now it's getting in to a very tempting budget range!
@@3rguitars890 Yes, it would be a great idea for building several Les Paul type guitars. But I almost never used the CNC for building the whole guitar, I like the idea of using templates and hand-held tools or router table, ive build a couple of guitars with my CNC but it takes some time and it needs my attention during the routing process so its not easy to just walk away and do other things. But for carved tops it's brilliant, or just buying ready to use tops. The CNC machines has gotten very much cheaper now compared to 20-30 years ago for sure, there is quite a lot of different machines that could be good for building guitars and things like that.
This is fantastic, quite a lot of work to get at that point that the top is all carved and ready to be routed for mortis and pickup and things like that. I use my CNC as an over-head router, not using it as a CNC when I just using it as an over-head router, it works great, even with routing for binding on a body, just adjusting the Z axis to the correct depth. You have a huge advantage because you have all the data and specs from that 1953 guitar you talked about some videos back, also you made some fantastic job documenting all the guitar on paper.. :D
Thanks very much, I've never used a CNC router, I'd love to try one and can see it as being a huge benefit, especially carving consistent tops.
@@3rguitars890 Yes and even if you dont have any knowledge about CAD software you can pay someone to make a CAD file of a top and then just learn how to set the tool path in the CNC software, I mean even if the CAD file maybe will cost you some quid, you can use it over and over and over again. but most important, you would need a very decent CNC, I have a OpenBuilds Lead 1510 so I would be able to route out a whole guitar from one piece of wood if I want to, the Lead 1010 is the same machine but a working area of about 750x750mm, my machine is 1250x750mm..
@@HearGear The CNC Bartlet top that I used for one of the 'Bursts was superb. If I was planning on making a good few of these then it would be something I'd definitely look at, thanks for the info, I will take a look, this type of tooling used to cost a fortune but now it's getting in to a very tempting budget range!
@@3rguitars890 Yes, it would be a great idea for building several Les Paul type guitars. But I almost never used the CNC for building the whole guitar, I like the idea of using templates and hand-held tools or router table, ive build a couple of guitars with my CNC but it takes some time and it needs my attention during the routing process so its not easy to just walk away and do other things. But for carved tops it's brilliant, or just buying ready to use tops. The CNC machines has gotten very much cheaper now compared to 20-30 years ago for sure, there is quite a lot of different machines that could be good for building guitars and things like that.
part five was uploaded in reverse !
I was in too much of a rush to get to the pub! forgot to use the mirror filter!