Guitar Building with my JazzCNC machine

[the great waldo]

Well Ive been continuing to work on the guitar. Pretty much all the CNC side of things was completed at the last update and its on to more "traditional" methods of guitar construction . Hence the slowdown in productivity !! ;)

Ive bound the body and drilled all the holes on the guitar body as well as installing the bushings and ground wire and added a round over on the back.

Glued the "wings" to the headstock as well as a maple veneer. Shaped the headstock, drilled for tuners and added a logo inlay as well which was cut on the CNC out of the same cellulose nitrate material used for the fretboard inlays.

Fingerboard is now glued to the neck and its pretty much ready to glue the neck into the body, just keeping them apart for now as its easier to work on each piece individually.

Once glued itll be finish sanding and then onto finishing ( as long as the weather plays ball and I can find a window of opportunity with low humidity ) .

Hopefully will have something to update you all with in a couple of weeks when I start on the finishing as long as the weather and humidity play ball ) ....

Great Job Ben

Did you use the Tom Bartlett plans as a base for the guitar design ? If you ever want to sell the machining files please let me know. I'll have died from old age before I figure out 3d design software !!!
Cheers
Andrew
Ps Northwest guitars do a good nitrocellulose laquer as wel as Morrells