ive just ordered my first neck and was wondering how long the actuality building takes gluing shaping etc take. I know it ships in 5-5 weeks but i imagine im not front of the que. below is what im having built, its for my squire tele that im upgrading in stages. there are pics on my blog http://random-guitar.blogspot.co.uk/
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Jumble Jumble
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I've never seen a CNC machine in action. Does anyone know, when you put a neck or body blank in the machine, how long it takes roughly to get the thing back out ready for sanding?
It could be anywhere between 30 seconds and an hour and I wouldn't be surprised. Although I'm guessing it's a few minutes.
It could be anywhere between 30 seconds and an hour and I wouldn't be surprised. Although I'm guessing it's a few minutes.
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There's video of the Carvin CNC machines in action at http://www.carvinchannel.com/ and there are lots of videos on YouTube of CNC's in action both on guitar bodies and other applications. I reckon the Carvin machine is top-of-the-line, and is likely to compare reasonably well with whatever Warmoth's got going on.
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Jumble Jumble said:
If there's even a scrap of a nerd gene in your body, you're missing out on one of the more fascinating things you'd ever see. That Carvin video Bagman linked is a very good example, but it's just woodworking. Not to take anything away from that, but you have to know that you can put just about any kind of tool on a CNC and accomplish all sorts of fun things. Welding, gluing, carving, machining, painting... the list is long.
Here's a video of a Strat body being cut out. The video is 4 minutes long, but it's a bit cut up so I suspect in real life the process is closer to 12-15 minutes.
There are a ton of videos like that on YouTube, some of which will show how they chew off carved tops. When you see it, you'll wonder why some companies charge so much for that feature. The Koreans certainly don't. A hundred years ago when carved tops were actually carved by hand, you could understand the additional charge. Today? Gimme a break. Yeah, it's using up machine time and you have to amortize the thing, but still.
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