Belly Cut on an electric guitar

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Belly Cut on an electric guitar

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This has been discussed many times but i have not been able to figure out how to get it done.
this is all i need to figure out before making my very first custom guitar.

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Re: Belly Cut on an electric guitar

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Can you post a photo of what you want to do, and where you run into trouble in Aspire?
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Re: Belly Cut on an electric guitar

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Do you have some sample links to forum posts where this has been discussed?

Seems fairly simple to me:
  1. model the belly cut-away
  2. make a 3D Roughing toolpath (optional)
  3. make a 3D Finish toolpath

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Re: Belly Cut on an electric guitar

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This is what i have so far.


i did a search for belly cut in the search forums area... and read through those. confused is all i came out with
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Baretta Body 1.jpg
belly cut.jpg

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Re: Belly Cut on an electric guitar

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adze_cnc wrote:
Sun May 16, 2021 7:00 pm
Do you have some sample links to forum posts where this has been discussed?

Seems fairly simple to me:
  1. model the belly cut-away
  2. make a 3D Roughing toolpath (optional)
  3. make a 3D Finish toolpath
where i am having trouble is modeling the cut
the tool paths are easy to deal with

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It looks like you could take what you have and use the sculpting tool to smooth the transition.
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Re: Belly Cut on an electric guitar

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As is usual with Vectric products, there are at least 3 different ways to approach the problem. Besides what is shown below, this could also be done using the fluting toolpath, or the moulding toolpath.

I started with an outline of the instrument body shape.
Tele01.JPG
I created a 3D component of the desired thickness using Create Shape from vector outlines
Tele02.JPG
Next I selected the shallow dome/dish clip art
Tele03.JPG
I set the dish component with a base height and the dish depth
Tele04.JPG
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Re: Belly Cut on an electric guitar

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Next I baked the two components together
Tele05.JPG
Then I used the sculpting tool to smooth the edges.
Tele06.JPG
This is the quick-and-dirty outcome. More sculpting would yield better results.
Tele07.JPG
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Re: Belly Cut on an electric guitar

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that works,
i will give it a try.

Thank you

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Re: Belly Cut on an electric guitar

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That will work fine,
a little hand shaping once it is cut but thats ok, i will keep messing with it until i have it right!!

Thank you all for the help
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Re: Belly Cut on an electric guitar

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I use the molding tool path for this operation on my guitar bodies.

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