You know a month or so back I actually looks at what a cheap laser cutter goes for these days. (Less than I thought, more than I wanted.) Yet I never even thought about getting templates cut! Definitely something to look into for next time.
You know a month or so back I actually looks at what a cheap laser cutter goes for these days. (Less than I thought, more than I wanted.) Yet I never even thought about getting templates cut! Definitely something to look into for next time.
Yeah, I've been watching them for a while, but for a decent bed size they are not cheap. I have an engineer mate whose built his own (only a small bed size) but I am eventually going to go have a look at it and see how scalable it is. They are so useful, but I think I'm resigned to outsourcing for now.Originally Posted by Seebass
Build 1 - Shoegazer MK1 JMA-1
Build 2 - The Relliecaster TL-1
Build 3 - The Black Cherry SG AG-1
Build 4 - The Sonicaster TL-1ish
Build 5 - The Steampunker Bass YB-4
Build 6 - The Howling Gowing ST-1
"What I lack in talent I make up for with enthusiasm"
Simon you are quite right about 21 frets. I really hope I haven't managed to mess up any of my other measurements by that much..!
Sonic; I've though about building my own CNC a couple of times, but I don't think I ever will unless I stumble upon some servo motors in need of re-homing. But yes give it 5 years and maybe laser will be worth the cost of a home unit.
Small progress update.
Drilled the neck holes with a very fancy guide block!
Neck attached
And the bridge screw line marked.
I'm not sure where a normal scale bridge fits, but the original hard tail ground is still under the bridge so 12mm sounds about right.
My next problem; I have a very precise template for the bridge, and no precise way to get it into place... I have some thoughts, might do a test piece first.
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