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Custom 5-String for Steve

#41
grace & groove said:
^ Last time he told me was 1 1/2 to 2 months.
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I quote 14 weeks for most builds. If there are no changes mid-stream I've always been on-time with that. Builds that are hugely custom (like what AE is talking to me about) can take longer.

Edit: Oops had the wrong alias with the comment about the quote. Was meant for AE. Sorry about that :p AE, check your email...
 
#43
It's been a slow week but I did get a few things done. First we have laminating the headstock. For the curved piece (the back) first I warp the lam by softening it with water and clamping it overnight. Really this is just a precaution to make it easier to clamp when gluing. My caul for gluing it on is a piece of closed cell foam. Being closed cell it doesn't squish under the clamp pressure but conforms to the shape of the back of the headstock.

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#48
I haven't designed a single-cut body. Open to suggestions, but since I'm not particularly fond of single-cuts it would have to be something pretty special.

Anyways, on to the build...

It's starting to look like a bass now. Next up is routing for the pickups. Nothing too complicated here. I don't use a template. Just mark the dimensions in the desired location and measure for depth then on to the mill.

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First I route the outside edge with a 1/8, then hog it out with a 1/2.

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#56
Yes those are tissues, but pretty much useless because dust lands in the box...

pilotjones said:
Agreed, the machine is not made to do the same work. But I'm not seeing anything unsafe here, I think.
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Last night I was thinking about the issue with an endmill in a drill chuck. When I chucked the endmill I was thinking it should be fine as long as I make sure it's secure enough. I had forgotten about the more important issue. Since an endmill can pull down it can pull the chuck off of the R8 adapter (or off the spindle of a drillpress). That wouldn't be pretty.
 
#57
Son of Magni said:
Well, I guess ignorance on my part :( I thought it would be safe for cutting wood. But you're probably right that there's a risk.
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It probably is OK, as the forces from cutting wood are going to be much lower than any sort of comparable metal work. The drill chuck just isn't as secure a connection as a collet directly holding the end mill. Typically using a drill chuck you'll lose some accuracy as well, but it's completely negligible for doing woodwork on a bass where tolerances less than 0.001" just aren't important.

It looks like you've got one of those "mill/drill" machines, so I wouldn't be worried about putting side loads on the spindle bearings -- it should be designed to handle that.

Asad
 

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