Your videos are awesome.

If it were me doing the clamping part, ahead of time I would use the 3D model of the back of the neck pocket and use that to trim out a negative that will fit snugly against the back of the neck pocket and then I would CNC or 3D print that, and it would have a flat bottom for the clamp to go against. I'm not sure if that makes sense or not.

I know this is after the event Austin but, future reference, the second clamp if you had put the screw side on the fretboard face side it would have given you more room to grip the handle without disturbing the first clamp. It is a beautiful design and you should be justifiably proud of it. Well done and I can't wait to see it strung up and hear the demo? 👍🏼👍🏼

It`s looking great, man. Took a lot of work to clean up those little crevices around the neck pocket!

Sanding is my least favorite thing to do. 😂 It’s looking really good Austin!!

Looks like you could use a spindle sander!

@timbeaton5045

2 жыл бұрын

That neck gap issue,... could you have sandwiched a piece of sandpaper between the neck and the pocket, and pulled the sandpaper out repeatedly? that way the faces would have fitted better?

@austinshaner

2 жыл бұрын

I certainly could have! But it didn't seem as if I had two faces that weren't parallel with each other. It felt like either the side walls were slightly tapered, creating more friction the further it went in or something was preventing it from closing. I sanded each side of the neck as flat as could be until I felt my neck was on the verge of fitting too loose. So my solution of just chamferring/rounding the inside corners was a simple and effective way to get it the rest of the way in!

@timbeaton5045

2 жыл бұрын

@@austinshaner Interesting watch for me, this series, I have been following Ben Crowe for a while, and admire his "fix it as you go" methods, plus his ability to "see" the patterns and shapes he wants by eye, and then works the wood (or whatever) to those ideas. Your approach is from the other end, to a certain extent, being what one could call a Technological Down approach. Ben, of course in his earlier incarnation said he hated CNC work, but of course now sees the value to repeatability as they enable them (Crimson) to cost-effectively produce quantities of instruments, which would be impractical if all done "by hand" Does have to be said, the knowledge he has gained by all that handwork, has its place. That twisted neck, for example. I guess through years of experience he knows that removing material from a neck, blank, that no matter how carefully you do it, the wood is always going to move and needs to settle, and may have to be "re-flattened" after the wood has relaxed. But a very interesting and enjoyable series, and thanks for all the info on CNC, most of which I had no idea about. That being said, I will be starting on a 5 string bass, soon, although I won't be going the CNC route (don't have one!). But liked and subscribed. Looking forward to more videos...!

if we use a single block of wood (not use 1/4" wooden plate) for guitar body, how is the best way to make hole for cable between humbucker or humbucker to knob so that no rough hole ? Sorry, I know I should ask this question long time ago.

@austinshaner

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Aristo, if you aren't using a separate top to hide the routed cavities, the best method is to use a long drill bit to drill between the pickup cavities, and also drill from the back pickup cavity to the control cavity.

@peachmelba1000

2 жыл бұрын

If you have a long enough drill bit, you can drill from the inside, bridge-facing, edge of the neck pocket through the neck pickup cavity to the bridge pickup cavity. Then, assuming the controls are not too far from the bridge pickup, you can drill through the floor-facing corner of the bridge pickup cavity into the inside wall of the control route. Use a shallow angle though, or you might drill through body.

@aristosuratman4783

2 жыл бұрын

@@austinshaner thanks for reply ...

@aristosuratman4783

2 жыл бұрын

@@peachmelba1000 thanks for reply ...

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