Quote Originally Posted by the great waldo View Post
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
Hi,

I didn't create this model myself, I purchased it off a guy on GrabCAD. It comes as STEP files which I loaded into Fusion 360 and from there generated toolpaths. Even with the STEP files however, Ive had to play around with the models a bit in order to correctly generate toolpaths.

A bit like you perhaps, I find the the 3D modelling can be a tricky bugger, Im currently enrolled on a level 2 Parametric Modelling course at a local college and have successfully modelled a couple of guitars myself in fusion ( telecaster , les paul junior ) but the top carve of a Les Paul is a seemingly simple thing to do but a bugger I've found when I have tried so far.

I have chatted with the chap who created the files and yes it is based off Tom Bartletts 59 plans. Ive actually got a few sets of Toms paper plans kicking around from when I built without the CNC.

You're the second person to recommend Morells lacquer to me. I was planning on using Dartfords from Rothko and Frost but will have to check out Morells. To do the sunburst I plan on mixing up Aniline dyes to do the burst and hopefully fade it back in the sun.