Man that's too cool. I need one of those. Also, your videos are just beautifully shot with great audio.

@FletcherHandcraftedGuitars

9 жыл бұрын

Mark Warner Thankyou very much Mark

The best demo I've seen! Thanks.

DF, I love to watch you work, man. More videos! I know it's a lot of work to put them together but you have fans brother! Regards from USA

@FletcherHandcraftedGuitars

9 жыл бұрын

Area Mann Cheers buddy !

Outstanding! Once again you totally amaze me with your work Mr. Fletcher! Truly love watching you do your thing. It's obviously not, but you make everything that you do seem effortless, it's a joy to watch you work, and your vids are always a pleasure to watch and learn from. Thanks for sharing with us, cheers!

Thanks that was a really helpful review and guide to the x carve. Far more detailed than most. And a lot of good info.

Fascinating! Thanks for posting.

Can't wait to see what you do with this new tool... It's like having every master template at your finger tips.

@FletcherHandcraftedGuitars

9 жыл бұрын

Greg's Garage Exactly !

Very interesting video! Thank you for making it. I want one of these machines now! Awesome job!

Excellent video and nice use of the X-Carve! Glad Sully recommended your channel. Will be catching up on your videos. Looking forward to seeing what you make with the X-Carve.

@FletcherHandcraftedGuitars

9 жыл бұрын

Steve Carmichael Thanks Steve ! I hope you find some of the video's useful

Templates are only the beginning with this thing. You can make very intricate inlay designs on fret boards in no time flat with this guy too.

@FletcherHandcraftedGuitars

9 жыл бұрын

Conan Mills oh yeah, that's the idea ;-)

I see everyone getting these cnc machines. I really could use one making my kaleidoscopes! Love your videos on guitars. Sure helps me maintain mine!

Thank you for posting this!

@FletcherHandcraftedGuitars

9 жыл бұрын

***** Thanks for watching

Three things, David: 1. If Inventables doesn't link to this video and use it as a guide to assembling the X-Carve, they're really making a huge mistake. This has got to be the most complete, concise, and well explained X-Carve assembly and review video that I've ever watched, and I've watched quite a few. Very well done! Thank you so much for making it. 2. Gorgeous looking template. Even the 1/4" thick template should be good enough for someone without a CNC to use to make a good 1/2" or 3/4" thick cutting/routing template, right? 3. Soooo... does this mean that John over at Labels Extreme now has a little bit more competition? (Sorry John - I had to ask!)

@Jesse-B

9 жыл бұрын

Mark Lindsay If everyone was like David there would be no wars, everyone would be too busy making stuff by hand and helping and sharing and having a wonderful life.

@FletcherHandcraftedGuitars

9 жыл бұрын

Jess and Grace Cheers mate !

@FletcherHandcraftedGuitars

9 жыл бұрын

Mark Lindsay Thanks Mark :-)

Looking forward to seeing you incorporate this with your guitar builds

@FletcherHandcraftedGuitars

9 жыл бұрын

Tyler Harrington SO am I !

Fletch - have you had a chance to try Fretboard Inlays, Radius, and so forth - the ability to get that all done on the fretboard would be very awesome - thanks for sharing this

You are such a pro and an invaluable source for luthier knowledge. I finished my strat & its magic! Thanks for those videos! I've been learning fret work and set up as advised... honing my finish work. My progress as a builder is directly linked to your excellent teaching ability. Keep 'em coming. So, how much money do you have invested in CAD & CAM programs, and universal G-code sender?

Very nice and very cool. Thanks!

@FletcherHandcraftedGuitars

9 жыл бұрын

AudioAtmos Thankyou !

That is so awesome. An don't have to have a big huge bulky machine taking up like 6 to 8 foot or more some where in ur shop.you also made it look so so easy , which I'm sure it's not for the average guy. But the work to do is far from average. Can't wait to watch you do a real guitar project with that bad boy. Great stuff my friend!

@FletcherHandcraftedGuitars

9 жыл бұрын

shon m Exactly why I like it too - I have a tiny workshop and this is a perfect size. Thanks for watching Shon

Ah mate, if I only knew you were making templates down in the 'Gong (up in Newie myself), I wouldn't have just ordered some from the Netherlands! The end result looked pretty good, I gotta say.

@FletcherHandcraftedGuitars

8 жыл бұрын

+Andrew Cross No worries Andrew, you know where I am if you need any in the future :-)

As a test it would be good to cut another template and see how similar it is. Ideally it would be identical. Looks like a great tool.

@FletcherHandcraftedGuitars

9 жыл бұрын

Mike Dawkins Ive done it a few times, I've lined 4 templates on top of each other and I could drive a 1/8" bit thru all of the bridge holes perfectly.

@dawkinsm

9 жыл бұрын

Fantastic :-)

That was cool Fletch, very nice video and excellent videography. Makes me want one of these milling machines now!! Can I ask what is the camera you are using for filming, from the nice depth of focus would I be correct in guessing a DSLR of some sort?

@FletcherHandcraftedGuitars

9 жыл бұрын

elams1894G'day mate, yeah you'd have a ball with one of these machines ! The camera is a Canon EOS 650D and I love it.

@elams1894

9 жыл бұрын

***** Yeah the CNC looks awesome fun. Ive been thinking about getting a EOS 70D... now its gonna happen, love the videography, really top notch!

@FletcherHandcraftedGuitars

9 жыл бұрын

elams1894 Thanks. The EOS 70D looks really good !

You mentioned needing a more powerful spindle to cut hard maple. Do you plan to pass the template step and cut a guitar body directly? This great video is more than a fair trade for the machine. Well done!

@FletcherHandcraftedGuitars

9 жыл бұрын

Gene Takach To be honest I take pride in building guitars by hand. That's not going to change now I have this machine. This machine will just help me do stuff like templates and inlays etc

wow thats awesome mate! Jealous as hell :) That'll do wonders for your workshop

My X-carve just arrived this week. Thanks for the great assembly guide! I'm currently designing my basic guitar bodies and necks in AutoCAD. Do you think Easel will work for radiusing fretboards and doing neck back profiles?

@FletcherHandcraftedGuitars

9 жыл бұрын

Steven Familo Hi there Steven, Easel is not really going to be suitable for what you are wanting to do. You would be looking at Fusion 360 or something similar ( has CAD / CAM combined )

An open sourced mini/portable CNC is genius.

@FletcherHandcraftedGuitars

9 жыл бұрын

FuinOhtar Agreed

Awesome!

@FletcherHandcraftedGuitars

9 жыл бұрын

Adam Bleech Thanks Adam

Love your vids, thanks for sharing this with us. Just curious about a couple of things, how much does it cost? And could you do highly detailed carves, like pockets for inlay work, in say an ebony fretboard? Cos if so the possibilities with that would be endless if you could find a sharp downcut bit with a tiny tiny radius! Then again it might be a bit too impractical, i don't know.

@FletcherHandcraftedGuitars

9 жыл бұрын

Oliver Thompson Hi Oliver, head over to the Inventables website, the pricing and options are listed there. I think its good value for money

@willxin4517

7 жыл бұрын

Oliver Thompson h

Hi David, I love all of your videos to the point where I'm going to have a crack at building my own next month. I was just wondering if you make templates to order for purchase?

@FletcherHandcraftedGuitars

9 жыл бұрын

***** I can, email me thru my website. Cheers David

Hi Fletcher, Do you think is possible to carve wood guitars body directly and to not have need of macking only master template? Dont' you think it would need a proper router bit? thanks in advance.

@FletcherHandcraftedGuitars

9 жыл бұрын

Umberto Sgobba I would need to upgrade the spindle to a more powerful unit before I would contemplate carving a guitar body

Muy bueno!!!

@FletcherHandcraftedGuitars

9 жыл бұрын

Carlos Alberto Ardizon gracias !

David, as always I'm mesmerised watching your vids, great stuff! (oh, but man, you need better background music haha!) I'll line up to buy templates when/if you have them for sale.

@FletcherHandcraftedGuitars

9 жыл бұрын

Glenn Statham Yeah, that's what royalty free music sounds like ;-)

hey fletcher have cut any body or necks on the x-carve...

That thing looks like it could be all kinds of time saving fun It must be a bit of a weird adjustment...I mean it does take some of the tactile element out of wood carving...but as a time saver, the possibilities seem endless

@FletcherHandcraftedGuitars

9 жыл бұрын

Steven Edwards Oh yeah, there's lots to do with this machine. I Must point out though that I am only go to use it for things like templates and inlays. I take pride in making my guitars by hand, that's never going to change

So are you going to cut bodies with this machine?

Hey Dave....Tom from Texas...where did you get the really small router bit that I saw you cut fret slots with and what size was it? Thanks in advance and hope you are doing well.....Tom

@FletcherHandcraftedGuitars

8 жыл бұрын

+Tom C Hi Tom, I use a 0.6mm End Mill for the fret slots. Easy to find on Ebay , Cheers Dave

Is easel usable offline at all?

Jealous as, thanks for the review

@FletcherHandcraftedGuitars

9 жыл бұрын

Luke Pettit Your welcome Luke, thanks for watching

Looks great, still loving that "new" camera (I say "new" because you haven't put up any videos! haha) Lemme know when you're ready to make templates for sale ;)

@FletcherHandcraftedGuitars

9 жыл бұрын

JgHaverty Haha.. Yeah I can cut templates, email me thru my website. Cheers mate

@JgHaverty

9 жыл бұрын

***** Ah, I appreciate that boss, but shipping from australia would put that on the "cost prohibitive" side I believe :-/ Loving the new machine btw, can't wait to see what kind of stuff you're ognna crank out.

What is the model tested by you? Could you please share its configuration? Thx a lot!

@FletcherHandcraftedGuitars

9 жыл бұрын

Douglas S Sure, its the X-Carve 1000x1000 with ACME lead Crew

How do you transfer your original templates to your new software?

@FletcherHandcraftedGuitars

9 жыл бұрын

Sargent Hartman I have a lot of them as CAD files already. What I don't have I will just draw from scratch again

Not need you this:)....your guitars are superior...number one...your hands are better everything all machines:)..(excuse for may english lenguage)... hi congratulation by italy!

Very good video though

Jesus mate it must have taken you twice as long to video and edit this than it took to actually assemble LOL. Nice one though fella.

@FletcherHandcraftedGuitars

9 жыл бұрын

Rufus D Tonebug Yep, exactly ! :-)

You got it free......not same as someone forking out a huge $1600

A quick tip. Leave the outline to be routed last, do everything inside the body shape first. Less of a chance for the material to move during the routing.

How much does one of these machine cost? Is it a fair price for the quality of the work it does?

I can make a video too if they send me free machine :D

@HolyCrapAA

9 жыл бұрын

apinakapinastorba Do u have 50.000 subscribers? You do understand its marketing? I would also like a x-carve and would make a whole channel with dedicated to x-carve but i dont think that will get me one;).

@apinakapinastorba

9 жыл бұрын

HolyCrapAA I should've put more smileys in that comment, I suppose.