Recent content by rsilvers

You said it was Plek, so of course you should wait if you are doing all of these detailed checks.

Depends if you want to accelerate the relicing or not.

The neck is a $65 neck from Amazon, possibly buyable for $35 from Temu at some additional risk and delivery time. The edges of the frets are nice and smooth, so I was happy with it and have two of them now. I did have to 3D print custom bushings for the tuner machines, though I could have also...

For this one I created a model that would trick the slicer into using internal ribs along the length, and it has stayed in tune. I have made two - one as a 2.5kg body and one as a 3kg body (prefer the lighter one). It has a lot of sustain - 25-30 seconds on open E using La Bella low-tension...

I have done it both ways. The CNC requires flipping the wood and aligning it. I did that with dowel pins, but it was a lot of mental energy. I did one of them with optimized tool paths, and the other wood one I just used an STL and 3D surfacing - which was way easier. I bought a $60 Alderwood...

Hmm. It may be actually cheaper to buy a $110 cheap bass from Amazon and take the parts of it, though it is kinda weird to take a working bass and scrap it just to replace the wood with 3D printed shape of lesser quality. But a cheap bass is not interesting unless I make it myself.

If you print it again, perhaps use PETG. I know the designer of the PrusaCaster said to not use PETG as it has more creep than PLA, but he is wrong. PETG has less creep than PLA. There are a few YouTube tests proving that. That being said, I was planning to use PLA. If this ends up warping, I...

One thing I did was design internal structures that would trick the slicer into making beefy ribs internally. They should be much stronger than any infill if you use about 9 wall perimeters and 15 top and bottom layers of 0.2mm.

I am designing a full bass that I can print in one piece on a 400mm size printer. Total cost for all parts and material is about $150. Printables

That is really nice looking. I am designing one now that I can print in one piece on a 400mm size printer. Total cost for all parts and material is about $150. Printables