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How to plug a mostly-irregular shaped hole in wood using Fusion 360

1 Jul 2018 - cnc routing, fusion 360, measure measure cut, tips and tricks

Using a laser cutter to make fretboards

6 Dec 2017 - fretboard, laser-cutting, tips and tricks

A write up of how I use the laser-cutter to mark out a fretboard ready for cutting.

A week in the shop

25 Nov 2017 - 3d printing, fretwork, tips and tricks

A week spent working on necks: carving them, etching them, and fixing them when things go wrong! I also spend some time with a new 3D-printer.

A work in progress guitar neck sits on a cloth covered stool in the workbench. The neck is shaped and has frets in, and the fretboard has a nice spalted wood look, where black marks in the light wood look a little like flames at the bottom of the neck.