inspiration thread

**Washout** · 02-01-2016

Hi All,

I had better add a contribution to this thread and here's my latest project using the CNC machine. The first video is me droning on about the CAD and CAM side of creating a Fender Jaguar neck and the second is machining said neck once modeled:

**kingcreaky** · 02-01-2016

oohh i do like a nice youtube video... watched them all on your channel, subscribed and eager for more. keep up the good work.

**grain_r** · 03-01-2016

Hey Guys Just wanted to say thanks for the inspiration it certainly does make a difference and everything I have seen looks fantastic. The main problem I have is too many hobbies and would love to make all of these things but I guess I should finish my machine first. Hey Matt well done on starting this thread it is a great Idea I still have the sample piece that you made when I was with you on my desk as an inspiration too.
Thanks

Rob

**Rye** · 07-01-2016

Can't say I've been making anything "easy" like planes and guitars but, apart from a few signs/ plaques and a real badly designed butter dish, I've been making a few of these:

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Started with HDPE bases, but moved to black and silver Dibond. Much better and very "hard" to make ;)

**Jonathan** · 07-01-2016

One of the first things I made with my CNC router, with some help from my mill, a water cooling block for an i7 processor:

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The funny colour is from the anodising.

**Wal** · 20-01-2016

A recent project - mother of pearl 'Punisher' fret marker inlays for a local guitar maker. They take bloody ages..! (But look alright...)

The smallest end-mill I used was a 0.2mm on the higher markers - thankfully I only broke the one. Very slow feeds - 1.75mm/sec and a 0.75 DOC.

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Once installed, the pockets in the pearl will be black-epoxy filled and then sanded back flush to the ebony fingerboard. Looking forward to seeing this coming together - glad I'm not sanding that ebony board, though... For reference - the pockets in the ebony were cut with .08mm clearance - the markers seem to fit very nicely, although I didn't get to push 'em in all the way...

Wal.

**Washout** · 20-01-2016

Very nice Wal - I'm about one spare evening away from trying to cut the rosewood finger boards on my Jaguar project and will be using a 0.5mm end mill for the fret slots (fret spacing seems to be made for CNC work IMHO provided I don't snap the tool). Your work makes me think I should do something more ornate than dot inlays....