We are now offering all of our Electric Guitar Plans to our customers interested in using them for their CNC milling operations. We have had many requests for these files and the time has now come!
File Formats: DWG DXF
Both formats will be included in one download and is easily unzipped. Both formats will include all the layers required for easy separation into the Tool Paths you will need for your CNC software. These files can be loaded into your CAD program for editing as well. and are easily modified with AutoCAD 2000 and later, and most other CAD programs.
Note that these are not just DXF & DWG files that we have written from our drawings that we use to produce the PDF plans. These are files that are specifically designed to work with CNC software by stripping out the unusable extraneous information of text, dimensions, lines etc.. You are left with clean, closed vector entities and only the layers you will need for importing into your CAD system or CNC software.
Layouts Included: (Note that not all of these apply for all guitar files)
Guitar Body: Body Cutout Neck Mortise Pocket Wiring Channels Pickup Pockets Pickup Feet Pockets Electronics Cavities Plastic Cover Recesses Contour Lines (Only if the Body is Arched or Carved) Pot Pockets and Recesses Bridge Stud Locations Tremelo Cavity Neck Bolt Holes Neck Bolt Bushings
Plastic Covers & Pickguards: Cutout Patterns of all Plastic Covers & Pickguards Screw Holes Pickup Cutout Patterns
Neck: Neck Cutout + Neck Contour at 1st, 6th and 12th Frets Side Cutout of Neck Tuning Machine Peg Holes Bushing Pockets (If Required) Truss Rod Pockets & Spoke Pockets Neck Tenon Pocket
Here is a short description of how I setup my neck assembly jig to cut scarf joints for a typical 14 fret to the body, acoustic guitar with a 25.4” scale.
One of the most difficult pieces of the acoustic, classical guitar and ukulele construction puzzle is precise construction and adjustment of the instrument neck. The neck has several important duties to perform