Guitar made from a Door on a $500 CNC

[@Zthreve]

It had to be the best feeling in the world having a teen bring a guitar he built from one of your kits! He did a nice job too.

[@timsway]

oh my god, yes. It's why I do this.

[@1106Winter]

Play the Doors! That's a hell of a slogan for your brand Tim.

[@jonhmonroney12]

Haha 5 minutes later... i get it.

[@42Fab]

Thanks for the mention. It was great meeting you and watching the build go together.

[@timsway]

cheers! I can't wait to make my diy fire pit kit from you with Vance

[@JohnSublette]

I made it into a Tim Sway video!! Seriously - The Catskills Maker Camp was awesome. The MakerMade folks are the good guys! I've made a ton of things on the MakerMade 3D Printer - some even useful!! ...and fan swivels for fans on my shop ceiling by way of the CNC. Thanks for letting me play along, Tim! :)

[@timsway]

cheers man! It was a cool event. Nice to meet you.

[@pileofstuff]

Of course the 3D printed knobs go to 11!

[@aWildJosh213]

I guess Tim likes “Spinal Tap” the movie

[@KevonLindenberg]

I didn't even catch that. nice! ... one day I'll watch that movie that's been sitting on the shelf since my childhood.

[@kilhattrick]

@@KevonLindenberg for fun, in his studio, all his guitars in the room are from Norm's Rare Guitars.

[@sapelesteve]

Nice guitar build Tim! And it plays great as well. I got a kick out of "NO I DID NOT ASK PERMISSION"! Also, it's great that you have your son involved in the business of making things!

[@timsway]

haha! thanks Steve.

[@plinkbottle]

Even the position of the holes looks stylish

[@jwstout007]

Not for nothing, but with such a clean cut from the CNC, I bet you can make another one of those fancy accordion blinds with the scrap of the door & a little 1x reinforcement ;)

[@stefanoramon]

I like your guitar shape developement. It's getting better ( yeah 6 tuners in line fits more than the 3+3)

[@timsway]

Agreed, for this body style I like the inline. The single cutaway I make works better with the 3x3

[@dmthandmade5674]

lol, I was thinking the X Y pen plotter I saw was amaing and now there's this. Kudos.

[@wamgoc3637]

Piano benches and lids also work well.

[@nokomisnichols]

im gonna have to buy a cnc so i can get into the guitar building game. i wish i couldve attended your guitar building camp. it looks like lots of fun and a great opportunity to learn.

[@timsway]

cheers. It was a neat event. You don't NEED a cnc to build a guitar - it is quite within the grasp of being made with only simple hand tools even, but the cnc makes it easier to do cooler things. kzbin.info/www/bejne/d6unn3uZbat9oLM

[@mountainviewturning5319]

Wow great looking guitar

[@fullrom1179]

This CNC machine is really impressive !!!!

[@timsway]

for the price it's quite amazing.

[@philljrton]

Have you ever thought about making a guitar out of epoxy I got pretty far but couldn't route it out for pickups, definitely would require a cnc machine or something. I made it out of epoxy mixed with mica powder

[@timsway]

I personally have no interest in epoxy. but you can rout it with a handheld router and template. just take low and slow passes.

[@sgsax]

Open source/open hardware rules! Thanks for sharing!

[@timsway]

indeed.

[@willow450]

okay this tuneage going on here is some HOT stuff my guy

[@jean-pierrejoubert6140]

Awesome, I've been looking at their Maslow for a while now. Nice to see you connecting with them. FYI, the coupon code doesn't seem to apply to either the 3D Printer or their Ultimate Starter Set. Basically, anything with a 3D printer in it.

[@timsway]

Really? OK. I will look in to that.

[@timsway]

It's being fixed. Thank you for telling me. Check back probably tomorrow

[@rudimentaryganglia]

Someone has found a way to use them finally apart from as toxic firewood

[@godislove8740]

Well done on the toxic insertion .

[@phunkissartisticcreations2316]

Another awesome use of used material. We really enjoyed seeing it come together and hearing it being played. 🙂

[@timsway]

awesome. thanks!

[@insanerotta5332]

@2:30 Great way of showing of how the whole thing is built up by using a single door! Was the interior support enough to hold the pieces in place? I'd assume if you tried to carve out pieces that were too small they would come out right, since there wouldn't be enough support for them.

[@timsway]

I cut a bunch of 1.5" circles from a door this way and indeed, many of them did not stay. but for the guitar shapes and a double bass shape it was fantastic. almost too good as I broke one of the more delicate layers trying to get it off!

[@aWildJosh213]

Ah, the classic Tim Sway “Timocaster” double cut body 😆 😝 A very punk rock body shape. I dig it!

[@timsway]

Thanks. It's called the Astola. It's my fav to date.

[@aWildJosh213]

It’s my favorite body that you came up with! It looks like it came out of the the 1990’s or early 2000’s! Your single cut body shape is another one of my favs!

[@jonhmonroney12]

@@timsway why is in thin pieces? how do you get the slices from a solid door? Shenanigans

[@jonhmonroney12]

Star guitars were hot in the 80s

[@timsway]

@@jonhmonroney12 it's a hollow core door. I have a whole series of videos about woodworking with them

[@samaker4]

That is more like 3D printing than CNC. I like the way you use the door to hold the cutout.

[@timsway]

ha! almost. the cnc cut the layers and I melted them together :) funny.

[@baddesigner]

turning the door remains into a speaker with some audio exciters would have been the icing on the cake. great job tho, those cnc routers look amazing.

[@timsway]

fun idea!

[@82crowder]

I dig your style sir

[@derrick_builds]

Next time leave the channel for the wires cut out of the pattern layers. Great build. Thanks for sharing.

[@scarmyguitar]

I friggin love that guitar too!

[@timsway]

thanks guys!

[@scarmyguitar]

@@timsway You my friend are a genius! I love your concepts and ideas, how you are constantly pushing past what people see as normal. You aren't scared to make something work that's just not supposed to work! Thank you!

[@floydlay9189]

Awesome Tim,,really dig the moon cut outs

[@billkaroly]

Sway to the music! Nice video. Very nice.

[@hoosierdaddy2308]

Love that guitar..

[@mafworkshop6175]

That was a great video. Thank you. Now I want that machine. I currently have a ShapeOKO 3 that can cut 400 x 400mm, and it’s fantastic, but I want to cut big. I want to make large maps. This machine might be just the ticket.

[@joebodynobody764]

Very nice. Now make a CNC out of a hollow core door that was made from a guitar that used to be a CNC.

[@johnhartley3596]

Tim. Seems you found your “Makers Niche.” Good for you. I’ve been watching from day 1.

[@timsway]

thanks amigo!

[@timsway]

since the beginning? That's a long-@ss time!

[@FredMcIntyre]

Awesome work Tim! 😃👍🏻👊🏻

[@tommypetraglia4688]

I've seen plenty of cords get cut by saws and the occasional one nailed to the deck with a nail gun but I don't ever think I've seen one unintentionally screwd to a door 0:42

[@timsway]

it ain't REALLY your circular saw until you've reattached the cable.

[@tommypetraglia4688]

@@timsway With gobs and gobs of electrical tape. We had one old timer when I was framing houses back in the 80's who couldn't use his favorite old timey metal body Craftsman saw on damp and drizzly days on account of the shocks he'd get cuz his cord was an interrupted mass of friction tape along its length... long before double insulated made it to hand tools and 3 prong grounding was not yet in vogue. Bah, real men don't 3 prong ground. Just rip that thing out... or more often it stayed behind in the plug That's a nice looking boy you have there. It's good to see him with an interest in his father's interests and curiosities. In a sense you are both growing together and while the aphorism: The child is the father of the man - is conventionally decoded as whatever the boy is that's the man he will become... true dat. But for me it unpacks it an alternate way The man becomes the man he is through the fathering of his child. D'ja get that? Rest assured, as it seems, you will forever be a hero to him Anyway, nice channel, interesting and compelling, and great guitar stuff. I grew up on the standard bearers, Jerry, Lowell, Duane, Page, BB, Guy, Beck Speaking of BB, saw a docu I can no longer find, my home taping on VHS has gone the way of my rotary phone. He's standing on the porch somewhere dusty in Mississippi and demonstrates how, after stealing a broom from some Misses' porch, they would unwind the wire binding the bristles, nail it stretched between 2 nails on a porch post, then with a piece of stick for a bridge, a small smooth stone for a slide pluck out some blues in 8/12 time - which he demo'ed with aplomb and charm And if they could purloin a second broom and set up longer or shorter on the opposite post they had a 2 part duo. This is what I think of when I see you scrambling around looking for new ways to stretch strings. Ha

[@tommypetraglia4688]

Love that riff you did at 2:05. Very Jerry Blessed Dead

[@kobe757]

I love it change the bridge to floyd rose bridge

[@Lazywatchsmith]

Awesome!

[@mikespringer7894]

That guitar is SWEEEEET.. NICE!!!!!!💯👍👍👍👍👍

[@davebauerart]

Hey my pencil helped build that guitar. It was cool to see it all come together. It looks great. The finish and grain are nice.

[@timsway]

the pencil is what makes it sound good

[@timsway]

by the way, that pencil I "borrowed" ... well, you're not getting it back.

[@phunkissartisticcreations2316]

Ha! So glad you were there or that guitar made never have been able to be built.😁

[@davebauerart]

@@phunkissartisticcreations2316 I know, everyone else had sharpies!

[@Mwhbmnabjms]

Btw from ur own creativity from what i look u can make ur own diy guitar pickup using screw n coil etc. Try it I’m sure u can

[@timsway]

Absolutely. I started building a winder from an old sewing machine but then I met a local guy who makes mine. I cut the parts and he winds them

[@MikMech]

Sorry Tim. I saw the thumbnail and thought it was an old vid? Watching it on the 4th. Great to see the croud you got. That guitar is stellar !!

[@timsway]

thanks! I may have a few other vids with similar titles and pictures, lol.

[@doubledarefan]

Should have sanded the door before cutting. No little pieces to possibly booger up with a sander (save for getting the glue off the back from the cardboard spacers).

[@timsway]

sure. But for video effect I thought it was a lot more fun to just drop a dirty old door up there and go :)

[@doubledarefan]

@@timsway That makes sense.

[@forkless]

Loving the Spinal Tap reference xD

[@413DaveRN]

I've now had a cameo in a Jimmy DiResta and Tim Sway video. I'm listed as random guy in background on IMDb. And I seem to have walked away from Maker Camp with a Maker Made CNC. Time to get to making!

[@timsway]

you're famous and I know you!

[@slavetofireofficial3045]

Thats awesome Tim!!

[@carlosvaldes2025]

Exelente gitarra En su bello color madera

[@j_freed]

Looks like I picked the wrong day to stop sniffing the glue in my guitar!

[@jonhmonroney12]

make me plans for Charvel Model 4 and Jerry Garcias' Rosebud guitar please

[@gerardfiara3438]

AWESOME!!! This wasn't in East Durham NY was it?

[@timsway]

yes. it was at the first Makers Camp

[@gerardfiara3438]

20 min from me, I would have been there, never heard anything about it. Love your stuff!!! Keep the videos coming!

[@timsway]

@@gerardfiara3438 Bummer. I talked about it on other social media forms but it's hard to share info like that on this format. I think it'll happen again next year.

[@stevesoldwedel]

If you're talking about Greene County, I used to live in Greenville. Small world.

[@DavidOnTheRoadGuitars]

This looks more like my budget to get started. Amazing, I wonder how easy the software is to use, if there's a huge learning curve or not? I'm seriously thinking of getting one. Are you sponsored by them Tim?

[@timsway]

I have newer videos about a newer and more expensive version of this (and I believe my coupon codes still work). there is a bit of a learning curve in whatever software you use to design and operating this, but if I can figure it out... watch this to get you started.. it;s worth the extra cost by far over this older version: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eWbWo32Ghc2crrc

[@rb032682]

Cool stuff, Tim.

[@bigkid757]

Nice job!

[@mirawatchtu]

Where can i buy the gears for this machine please help!

[@timsway]

www.makermadecnc.com

[@MarinieT100]

Hi, thank's for posting, would that machine be able to do necks as well. Thank you again.

[@timsway]

I aim to find out very soon! My plan is to rough shape the neck on it then hand finish shaping it.

[@MarinieT100]

@@timsway Thank you for your reply, If you find and if you remember can you please let me know. Thank you again, best of luck to you. Marinie

[@timsway]

@@MarinieT100 there will be a video. Stay tuned!

[@andybungert]

Tim that's badass!

[@timsway]

thanks!

[@ronniehyde6649]

I am not a guitarist, not even an musician, so I don't have any expertise; but with an electric guitar, does it really matter where you got the wood, or how you cut it out? Isn't the sound solely dependant on the electronics?

[@timsway]

that's a hotly debated topic! The electronics, strings, etc. are def. more important than the wood.

[@chriskolb3105]

Couldn't be further from the truth. That's why that door guitar sounds like ass compared to an instrument made with proper tone wood.

[@rodneymcintosh1484]

@@chriskolb3105 looking forward to your video of the guitar you (wastefully) build out of rare, unsustainable exotic timber!

[@psemond72]

Rodney McIntosh like alder? 🙄 it’s better to be silent and thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.

[@rodneymcintosh1484]

@@psemond72 I think your comment is a bit off topic. Chris Kolb was critiquing Tims guitar just because it's not made from so-called "tone wood!" I'm just challenging Chris to produce his own guitar made with his own two hands....... especially if he thinks he can do better! I'm not getting involved in the "tone wood" debate.

[@tommypetraglia4688]

I want to see Tim's house Prbly the only doors left hanging are the front and back and they may only be a slab of ply

[@timsway]

well, the bathroom door is a piece of osb for privacy, but the rest are just clear, plastic shower curtains.

[@tommypetraglia4688]

@@timsway Lol, funny dude. I've heard shoemaker kids have no shoes... but a luthier with no doors shakes my head

[@waynecrowe9790]

Can that thing cut into solid woods?

[@timsway]

yes! It was definitely designed around plywood but it can cut all sorts of wood and plastics. the tricky thing is you need to build up a ramp around the wood so the router sled does't tilt when it gets to the edge, so there's a little more setup than most cnc routers, but it's like a LOT less money.

[@oscarordiano2112]

Why you not make wood grain run from tail to head stock?

[@timsway]

what do you mean? It is a single block of wood. the grain does run that direction.

[@chillinbuko3131]

what software are you using to make the code ?

[@timsway]

I use Vectric, which is expensive but 100% worth the money if you plan on doing alot of cnc designing. There are free options, too, but I am not familiar with any of them as my first cnc came with Vectric and then I developed a relationship with the company. check forums.maslowcnc.com/ for options and insight.

[@SMee67]

"hey Paul, what'd you do this week end? You made half a hammer? I made that" 😂😂bwahahahahaha😂😂 Nice work, mate. 👍🏽 I'm stoked for you that your son has shown an interest in what you do. It is a special relationship between father and son when teaching them from so young into manhood! 👌🏽

[@timsway]

He loves the shop. are you on instagram? Have you seen the trailer he's been building?

[@SMee67]

@@timsway Yes, it really shows in his face just how much he's into what you do. No, sorry, not other social media than this...

[@timsway]

@@SMee67 he took over my electric trike and built an A frame out of hollow doors on a simple frame with bicycle wheels I welded together. It's his camper he drags around on a hitch with his 2 wheel bike in it. Built most of it himself, it's full of LEDs and he even caulked the seams! It's quite a site

[@SMee67]

@@timsway Hahahaha, just like his old man, aye! 😆👍🏽 That apple certainly did not fall far from the tree...

[@j.murphy2787]

What’s the thickest piece of wood you can cut

[@timsway]

Not sure. I just cut some 1.65" and it can probably do more.

[@williamhart4896]

Pretty good sound from a used door

[@AtticusDraco]

Clever, fun Thanx

[@dmthandmade5674]

I'm toying with the idea of a mini Maslow for milling PCBs at the end of my workbench.

[@timsway]

hmm, I guess you could convert this kit to run a smaller router ... interesting idea. they do make small, inexpensive desktop cnc routers for stuff like that but they do require desktop space, if that is the issue.

[@dmthandmade5674]

@@timsway It would be more of a fun project than any need really. I can use my cricut to cut vinyl mask or engrave a spray paint mask for etching but milling would be nice to get rid of the need for etchant. Maslow is based on the X Y robot idea, there are a few pen plotters here on youtube using it, I thought perhaps a rotary tool flex shaft, or even one of the motors used in the mini cnc mills you mention. Keep on doing what ou're doing, I love what you do with those doors.

[@wamgoc3637]

It looks like a Zachary. Hi Alex!

[@NeverNotMaking]

I’m an idiot. Why didn’t I think of adding indexing holes to my layered ply work?

[@timsway]

I thought of it, but almost forgot to use them and had to take a pencil from someone as I had nothing to put in the holes with me... who's the idiot??? :)

[@dkehrerproductions]

I like it .

[@guitarfumito]

The guitar that you made like a YAMAHA MG-M. Do you have any commitment？

[@timsway]

I have not seen one before. Those are kinda fat and bubbly. I'm not a fan. It has a similar top to mine but is proportionally unpleasant IMO. All guitar designers are reinventing the strat ot les paul, for the most part. It's tough to find a balance between original and odd without straying too far from classic, as Yamaha knows better than any company. They've had some huge successes and failures, imo.

[@spxyx]

The first song sounds a little like Budgie! Great work on these guitars! They look and sound fantastic.

[@timsway]

thank you!

[@joelfildes5544]

Nice Clash scarf !

[@YoRaGon034]

Sir i hv a request , can u built a guitar with amplifier inside like fusion guitar iphone , nice video btw i hope i can make one too 😁

[@timsway]

it is on my list :)

[@YoRaGon034]

Nice cnt wait for it 😁😁💕💕

[@amine-kn1im]

Can you made a dean razorback ??

[@timsway]

I don't do exact copies of other designs, but if you order it, I'll make it! newperspectivesmusic.com

[@amine-kn1im]

I searched on KZbin for a video of how to make her body shape and I didn't find it so I suggested it to you if you can make one and thank you very much for responding to my message 🤘🏻

[@giovannipetitti1588]

as always Shared on facebook 👍💯💯👏👏👏

[@timsway]

thank you!

[@jonhmonroney12]

Oh shitza!!! Run ! Gibson said you stole their model

[@garagemonkeysan]

Nice video. Beautiful guitar. Sounds great. Thanks #MakerMadeCNC! Cool you also got a 3D printer. : )

[@timsway]

I'm not a fan of plastic, so the idea is to use the printer sparingly and with good intent. :)

[@remicourtois6105]

Hey Tim, when are you going to show us how are doing the handles????

[@timsway]

you mean the necks? I have a video here about it, but my procedure has improved since I made this video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nIGlioCFlqigq6s I also have some old, old vides where I do it by hand.

[@7R15M3G1]

Did you say Durham,as in NC? I am a maker also in Durham 🤙

[@timsway]

east durham NY is where the event was.

[@7R15M3G1]

@@timsway ahh

[@jamesh5460]

Yours goes to eleven! It's one louder isn't it?

[@thechronicnoizeco.6675]

What is CNC?

[@godislove8740]

It's an acronym.

[@timsway]

"Computer Numerical Control" a term for guiding machines by computer code instead of manual control. In general use it refers to such machine with a router attached to it for cutting wood.

[@RJDCR]

nice one , way to re-purpose RJ

[@brandonhalliday2029]

Joy Division sounds, the opening?

[@manderson9289]

Bark!

[@lindacsmith13]

you give me hope that the next generation might just fix this messy earth

[@timsway]

that would be awesome. I try to stay optimistic...

[@michaelhanrahan5349]

Everyone knows that you should only make a custom guitar from an old fireplace.

[@unosomes]

Ютьюб читает мои мысли, Я как раз думал а что если сделать гитару из ...

[@Bobby007D]

Looks good , sounds ahh ahh distorted ?

[@timsway]

I was using distortion :)

[@Bobby007D]

@@timsway Oh ! I thought that was how the guitar sounded {

[@flamencoprof]

I think the electronics make the main contribution to output, so bodies, not so much. Sorry, because I think 3d printing is the way of the future.

[@timsway]

oh yea, I've done all sorts of videos on the topic and agree completely. the problem with 3d printing is it is plastic and plastic is definitely NOT the material of the future. we need to use way less of that. My other main mission is sustainability.

[@ToothMolar]

If the guitar and the amp both go to 11..... will the world stop turning? 🤔

[@danielauen7790]

Hear me out here, Electric guitar, with a violin body.

[@timsway]

I'm actually working on a 6 string bass with a violin body right now, like a Beatle bass for the 21st century

[@danielauen7790]

@@timsway Sounds like thats gonna be an interesting video! any ideas on an eta?

[@timsway]

@@danielauen7790 still in design phase, probably early 2020. Cheers

[@danielauen7790]

@@timsway sweet! Looking forward to it.

[@kilhattrick]

5:57 uncouth.

[@kilhattrick]

And still got a sub. Cool work.

[@timsway]

lol

[@tommypetraglia4688]

Hey, can that CNC machine make an axe? Oh wait, you did

[@timsway]

lol

[@tommypetraglia4688]

@@timsway 4:44 Slinging that axe

[@fxexpert4541]

Sounds like door

[@rodneymcintosh1484]

Where as a Fender Stratocaster sounds like a BORING door!

[@fxexpert4541]

@@rodneymcintosh1484 tell that to malmsteen

[@rodneymcintosh1484]

@@fxexpert4541 Gladly!👍

[@luiscorea4892]

free 3d blu priest

[@richardcramp2850]

yeah aCNC ed fu--in door

[@Joseph-bk3hb]

Sounds hollow.

[@timsway]

lol

[@loboestepario3946]

:)

[@godislove8740]

Sounds wide open. Can't you shut it up a bit now? 😂