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nasrace10
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guitar building

Post by nasrace10 »

just got my new cnc machine finished and I want some help learning how to cut guitars.....
im not looking for a hand out ill pay ive seen lots of post and ive read a lot but I want someone
that wouldn't mind walking me through it... thanks

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Re: guitar building

Post by monitoringpost »

Check out http://www.ambientcnc.com/ - Alex Navarro's site. He's put together some training videos specific to Aspire. It'll cost you some coin though but then you seem okay with that!

Craig

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Re: guitar building

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tried to visit the site seams its down any other ideas?

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Re: guitar building

Post by CarveOne »

It works ok for me. The training videos are there.

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Re: guitar building

Post by Mick Martin »

nasrace10 wrote:tried to visit the site seams its down any other ideas?
http://www.ambientcnc.com/guitars-videos.htm .... scroll down to the bottom of the page
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Re: guitar building

Post by nasrace10 »

thanks everyone for the help
I purchased the guitar videos not sure how to download them I guess
he will send the link

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Re: guitar building

Post by monitoringpost »

nasrace10 wrote:not sure how to download them I guess
he will send the link
Yes, Alex will send you a link. His site isn't as polished as one might expect but then he's not trying to be fancy. Good luck...

Craig

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Re: guitar building

Post by studysession »

A lot of the links on the site are dead. Did you get the files and videos? Were they worth it?

I have been using VCarve and then Aspire to make guitars for a while. Might improve my skill by getting tutorials.
Thanks
http://www.makemyownguitar.com
http://www.cncinside.com

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Post by sagreen83 »

If you are at all interested, We produce and sell guitar building videos targeted at Aspire users...

You can visit our site at www.rmgvideos.com

Thanks,
Scott...

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Re: guitar building

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sagreen83 wrote:If you are at all interested, We produce and sell guitar building videos targeted at Aspire users...

You can visit our site at http://www.rmgvideos.com

Thanks,
Scott...

Is that your site? What all would one get for how much? Looks $50????
http://www.makemyownguitar.com
http://www.cncinside.com

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Re: guitar building

Post by monitoringpost »

The most challenging part of modelling a guitar in any software is going to be the neck. So my recommendation is to consider anyone promoting/selling training videos that they also provide a video tutorial on the neck!

That said YouTube does have some bits and pieces like this http://youtu.be/f38EcZAPl4I

Craig

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Re: guitar building

Post by Rcnewcomb »

The most challenging part of modelling a guitar in any software is going to be the neck. So my recommendation is to consider anyone promoting/selling training videos that they also provide a video tutorial on the neck!
My solution for that was to finish one neck by hand and then get it laser-scanned into an STL file.
- Randall Newcomb
10 fingers in, 10 fingers out, another good day in the shop

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Re: guitar building

Post by raymassez »

model the neck. port orford cedar works very well for this. do a profile build and be sure to have the vertical grain at the top where the finger board will go. This will have to be a 3d build also i recommend using mountain mahogany for the finger board and tuning pegs. Good luck!

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