Home Made CNC Router Cutting Guitar, Pt.1: Pickup Cavities and Neck Pocket

[conrad2001]

you're going to kill that router. Use a spiral bit, and don't cut so deep all at once. You can hear the spindle rattling :(

[AtienzaLouie]

@conrad2001 I normally, but didn't here. I also had the feedrate override at 130% from the surfacing operation, so I had the spindle speed too slow as well for the bit. I normally use a single flute mortise compression spiral, and can actually run faster.

Before this CNC this router was on a a router table with a router lift and IncraJig fence for about 4 years, of continuous use. And it's been on this machine for over a year, running jobs that sometimes took over 12 hours to complete.

[AtienzaLouie]

@AtienzaLouie And some of those jobs were in aluminum!

[subhumanproduction]

you build this CNC machine by yourselves using infos from solsylva.com right? how much the overall cost to build this machine?

[AtienzaLouie]

@subhumanproduction Not exactly. I built my first machine with Solsylva plans, then after a year used the Solsylva machine to build this, with surplus rails I found online. I'd say I have abotu $1200 invested...

[AtienzaLouie]

Thanks! I will good luck with yours!

[alexis221woodworks]

WoW!!!!! Looka great!!!! I'm in the middle of building my cnc router. Check out my vids...Great!!!

[AtienzaLouie]

I had the spindle speed down because I was using a 1" bit bvefore to plane down the surface... OOPS!