Mayfly said:
Killer! You've got to give us a blow by blow on how you got from there to here!!
Sure. It was a lot of work but not really that hard.
1. First I started with rough sawn 2" Mahogany and 1" Wenge. My finished body was to be 1.75".
2. My finished guitar blank was to be 14x20 so I cut two pieces of each wood at about 25". I found out real quick that if you try to flatten 6' of rough sawn lumber you would need to be at least 3" thick to get 1.5" due to all the twisting. cutting them down smaller made it much easier.
3. I planned the Mahogany down to just over 1.5 inches and jointed the edges. My stock was 9" wide so gluing them together gave me 18" I glues them up and let them sit over night.
4. I planned the wenge just enough to flatten it. It was about 8" wide. I took it to the band saw and cut it length wise so I ended up with two pieces 15x8x.5. I ran these through the planner to just over .25". I then jointed and glued them up and let them sit over night.
5. I cut both pieces of wood to exactly 14x20. I planned the Mahogany to exactly 1.5" I planned the wenge to just under .25". The binding I got is .25" and I wanted the binding to sit slightly proud of the body so I could sand it flush. You can't see in the picture but the binding channel has already been routed. I did it as the last step on the CNC. The binding sits perfect and is proud of the body by about the thickness of 2 fingernails.
6. I cut the mahogany on the CNC and it came out like pic 3 in first post. I then glued the top on and let it sit overnight. Then I cut the top features and ended up with the finished product.
7. As for the control covers. the same file I used to cut out the control cavities I used to cut the cover. Instead of making a pocket cut which hogs out all the material I just changed it to a perimeter cut and it makes a perfect match.
see really not all that hard. A true craftsman can make the neck....for that I call on Warmoth.