Michael Winston Dales Guitars: 3d Printing

A Week Out the Shop

4 Feb 2023 - 3d printing, bhm, blues deluxe, ef1, freecad, generative art, gibson, laser-cutting, sister rosetta tharpe

I have some fun 3D printing a prototype of my new bridge design and fitting it to my daily player for testing, I start learning FreeCAD, and I spent some time listening to Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the under-appreciated inventor of rock-and-roll.

The 3D printed bridge mounted on the guitar with strings running over it. In the background you can see the floor and my pedal board, telling you that this is now being used!

A Week in the Shop

1 Oct 2022 - 3d printing, älgen, delfinen, sanding, templates

Lots of sanding and tidying on my Älgen guitar build as it gets ready for finishing, some last minute template redesigns, and I learn how to use a new 3D printed.

A Week in and out the Shop

19 Sep 2022 - 3d printing, älgen, delfinen, ferrules, fusion 360, jigs, laser-cutting, patching, templates

A week of having more questions than answers as try to push the Delfin build forward.

A Week in the Shop

1 Aug 2022 - 3d printing, älgen, bridge, headless, strings, website

This week was all about getting to that all important milestone on our new guitar design: getting the strings on and finding out if we have an instrument or not.

A week in the shop

12 Jun 2022 - 3d printing, älgen, delfinen, templates, thingiverse

My Älgen build finally starts to become a guitar in my eyes, fun with 3D prints, and so so much sanding.

A week out the shop

6 Jun 2022 - 3d printing, emf

Some important 3D prints are delivered, and a trip to EMFCamp

A photo of a 3D-printed aluminum part that will form the headstock of my new guitra. It has a small rectangular base about 42mm across, with holes for 3 screws, and then seven fins that raise up to trap the string ends.

A week in the shop

22 May 2022 - 3d printing, älgen, delfinen, fusion 360

We hit an epic milestone for the part-3D printed guitar design, and I walk through some of the small details as I refine the CAD model for my second build.

A photo of a weird in progress guitar on stand on a workbench. The centre of the guitar is a plank of walnut that runs the length of the body and neck, and to either side of it the body shape is made from a 3D-printed lattice in white plastic.

A return to the shop

2 May 2022 - 3D printing, älgen, fusion 360, jigs, laser-cutting, palm router, templates

After a hiatus due to reasons, I'm finally getting time back in the workshop. This week mostly redesigning my tooling after some initial setbacks on my hybrid guitar.

A week in the shop

15 Jan 2022 - 3d printing, älgen, cnc routing, fusion 360, jigs, laser-cutting, templates

After months of being just a CAD model, my Älgen guitar design finally begins to take form!

Santa's delivery catch up

7 Jan 2022 - 3d printing, älgen, branding, fusion 360

Santa delivers some exciting 3D prints, and I spent some time refining my CAD models for better product renders.

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