Building a Guitar on a CNC - Part 3: The Neck

[@BeardnScars]

Hey! any tips on 3D designing and carving the fret board with the radius in mind? Or is there another tutorial for that? 😅

[@SienciLabs]

Check out video 4 in the guitar series! It’s allllll about fretboards 😎

[@BeardnScars]

@@SienciLabs haha sweet. Been looking for days, there’s so much gatekeeping about that. #subscribed

[@kevin8235]

Could this be done on the new rotary? If so, would it make things easier or harder?

[@SienciLabs]

Good question! We've wanted to experiment with that too...Just gotta find the time 🙄😲

[@guitareputz]

12:44 a circular pyramid would be a cone ...no? that's what pops up in my mattered mind

[@SienciLabs]

It absolutely is lol. Thats a Scott-ism, these happen regularly for better or worse 🤣

[@ScheltemaBoutiqueGuitars]

A question on fret slots. Since the. 023 mill bit is the actual width dim. How do I add this into the fingerboard? As a .023 slot or a path?

[@SienciLabs]

That's all covered in the video. It's around the 40 minute mark that we show/talk about the slot settings

[@ScheltemaBoutiqueGuitars]

❤ awesome video. Would you be up to doing a fingerboard tutorial that includes fret slotting and inlays? So much to learn.

[@SienciLabs]

Oh we already did! check out this link for the fretboard video and the rest of the guitar building playlist! kzbin.info/aero/PLE43LQy2a1ipWwWTyaJ1czMxGsNLJ2i3e

[@ronc1231]

I am carving necks with vcarve. I use the moldin function to project the shapes along rails to carve the back of the neck and fingerboard radius. I find the best to get a thin neck is to start with a thinner blank. I'm using 3/4" or even 11/16" thickness. If you carve 9/16" or even 1/2", you will add about 1/4" withe fingerboard. It's a nice video, I just have a different experience.

[@SienciLabs]

And that's what it's all about! There's LOTS of different ways to do the same thing. Thanks for sharing your method, it sounds cool!

[@shadhiqbasha]

We don't have 4x4 cnc in india... Your product available in my country...

[@SienciLabs]

We sell our machines around the world shipping out from Canada. If you're interested visit our store! sienci.com/product/longmill-mk2/

[@jonathanwise8900]

Great videos, I’m looking into getting a longmill in the future to start a hobby with it, but I was just curious, could you do the neck with the vortex rotary axis, then you wouldn’t have to flip it and save a step, just curious on that because I wanna do some guitar building in the future.

[@SienciLabs]

Oh it's something we definitely plan on testing out as well! In theory it should work, if you beat us to it, keep us posted how it goes!

[@SienciLabs]

And thanks for the kind words too!

[@BuckysCustoms]

Great video !

[@SienciLabs]

Thanks Dana!

[@Bart_Depestele]

Yours as well !