Building a Guitar on a CNC - Part 1: Design

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Ever wanted to make your own guitar on your CNC? Well this is the right place to be! In Part One of this series we're going to give you an overview of what it takes to bring your own axe to life. We'll give you all the files you need and we'll even teach you some of the basics you'll need to know to modify the freebie files in OnShape so you can get started on making you very own, custom made solid body guitar. Buckle up, it's time to ride the lightning!

Chapters:

00:00 Guitar Video Series Intro
01:27 So What Are We Going To Do?
03:23 My Dirty Confession
05:02 Reasons for Doing it This Way Explainer – 3D vs Vectors
07:01 Hybrid Theory
07:25 3 Key Things I Learned – First Piece of Advice
09:10 Second Piece of Advice Before Starting
11:20 Third Advice - Expectations
13:50 You're Going to be a Rock Star
15:12 Let's Dive into Onshape
17:31 Helpful Tips
18:37 Let's Start Modifying Things
19:09 Sketches and What They're About
22:25 Suppressing Features
23:36 Roll To
24:45 Extrude Tweaks
28:15 Changing Shapes of Pockets
34:10 String Holes and Ferrules
38:25 Thickening Theory
40:39 Summary
42:18 My Musical Mouth

Bits used in Parts 2 and 3:
Sienci 1/8” Downcut End Mill

Sienci 1/8” Upcut Ball Nose End Mill

Sienci 1/4” Upcut Ball Nose End Mill

Sienci 1/4” Downcut End Mill

Sienci 1/8” Precision Collet for Makita RT0701

Feeds and Speeds:
We'll add these in the complementary parts of the video series when we start working in Vcarve. In the meantime check out our handy Feeds and Speeds Tables!

Materials Used:
Body and Neck: Black Limba.
Body blank dimensions: 383mm x 427mm x 44.5mm (15.0787in x 16.811in x 1.752in)
Neck blank dimensions: 80mm x 735mm x 25.9mm (3.1946in x 28.937in x 1.0197in)

Fret board: Black Ebony
Fret board blank dimensions (before surfacing): 69.4mm x 613mm x 10.9mm (2.73in x 24.125in x 0.43in

Sand paper:
120, 180, 240, 320, 400 grit random orbit and hand sandpaper

Guitar Parts Links:
Pick ups, bridge, selector, jack, tuner keys, neck plate, strings:

Fret wire:

Ferrules: (Mine are black, but they don't seem to be selling the exact same ones in black at the time of posting this)

Nut:

Truss Rod:
440mm version

Pickguard:

Fretguru Dagger 2.0

Fret rocker/gauge: (a nice to have, but not necessary)

Fret trimmers: (I already own a pair of flush cut end trimmers, so any pair similar to these should work)

Other Supplies and Materials Used:
12” long 3/16” Drill bit:

1” Aluminum tube for sanding:

Sandpaper for aluminum bar:

Crazy glue, painters tape, red sharpie (just not black),

Project Files:

Onshape:

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Great video and content… at the end of the day

designfabstudio

How about making the headstock a blank shape so an individual can shape it themselves?

patruddiman

Where can I go to ask a question about the video?

pipercub

Well the machine can handle the forces by the look of it, but it's the spindle and the bits that are doing the work.
What spindle and bits were you using for these insane cuts?

thsinner

Hello. What PC should I buy, and what software should I buy for designing and editing guitar files? I like the layered idea, especially if you want to use different pickups on some projects. Thanks

georgeczeiszperger

Hi Is it possible to make a semi hollow body electric with Longmill I cannot find instructions with CNC just the old fashioned way. ED from UK Scotland

edwardtobin

HI can you flip it this for left anded and change the pickups for hum buckers Please

johntomlinson

So I have already got most of my parts, but the Jackson SLA/pro nut was out of stock. Solomusicgear Rocks! I was wondering what the scale length is, and will I be able to make modifications for a different nut?

georgeclark-srgq

Is it just me or does the neck in OnShape not fit the neck cavity in the body? I measure 2.216" at the widest point of the neck cavity, and 2.333" on the actual neck? In fact, in the "assembly" tab, the neck doesn't appear to fit. I have a bad feeling the creator of this series said something about sizing that I don't recall ... and I don't want to rewatch (but I may have to). Perhaps this sizing compensates for his carving software.

thomasmaclean