Community Project: Fender Telecaster

[Washout]

Very nice jig Andy, this will eliminate the mishalighned side dots, cool!

Its Chris, but thanks - I'll add the CAD to the Tele model download at some point as its a useful bit of kit for any 25.5" scale length neck.

[Nickhofen]

OK Andy that you are actually Chris... Lol, you are welcome!

[routercnc]

Nice work Chris. Once you have convinced yourself to put time into a jig to make a better job of it, it is always satisfying to put it use.

For a long time now I've not used a centre drill prior to a 3mm twist drill and found it holds an accurate position on the hole. For large bits I will centre drill though.

Did you need all that coolant for that job? I'll happily peck drill multiple 3mm holes with just an occasional dab on the drill bit from a brush.

Otherwise nice work, progressing well.

[Washout]

Nice work Chris. Once you have convinced yourself to put time into a jig to make a better job of it, it is always satisfying to put it use.

For a long time now I've not used a centre drill prior to a 3mm twist drill and found it holds an accurate position on the hole. For large bits I will centre drill though.

Did you need all that coolant for that job? I'll happily peck drill multiple 3mm holes with just an occasional dab on the drill bit from a brush.

Otherwise nice work, progressing well.

Yeah the coolant was a bit over the top - one of the things on my to do list is sort out a decent tap system for that.

[EddyCurrent]

Better late than never but guitars are something I'm very interested in so I will start to follow this thread once I've caught up on the reading.

P.S Where are the project files ? will they open in Rhino ?

Edit: I think I'm correct in saying that the project files are accessed through Fusion360, in which case I won't be getting to them.

[Clive S]

Better late than never but guitars are something I'm very interested in so I will start to follow this thread once I've caught up on the reading.

Welcome back Eddy long time no see

[EddyCurrent]

When you sanded the fretboard black dots it looks like there was no contamination of the maple grain. I once used ebony dots and upon sanding, it went right into the lighter wood's grain.
I liked the idea of using a lathe to drill the truss rod hole in the heel, I guess the neck was horizontal because you were using a 2 way truss rod rather than a bowed threaded rod.

Here's a pickup ring I made recently for a humbucker, toolpaths made in CamBam

[Washout]

Better late than never but guitars are something I'm very interested in so I will start to follow this thread once I've caught up on the reading.

P.S Where are the project files ? will they open in Rhino ?

Edit: I think I'm correct in saying that the project files are accessed through Fusion360, in which case I won't be getting to them.

Hi Eddy - yes they are in Fusion 360 - the f3d files are also linked in my drop box on the CAM/cut out video,

Any particular reason for not using Fusion?

[EddyCurrent]

Any particular reason for not using Fusion?

Yes, I use Rhino3D and CamBam