Creating a Guitar Body with RhinoCAM

1h 2mIntermediate2015-03-02

Authors

Taylor Hokanson

DIY Engineer, CAD and CAM Evangelist, Assistant Professor

Course details

Interested in making your own instruments? Or do you want to see how computer-aided fabrication results in real-world products? This course is for you. Educator/DIY engineer Taylor Hokanson demonstrates how to use RhinoCAM to prepare a 3D model of an electric guitar body/neck for later fabrication on a CNC mill. This project covers a variety of techniques, including flip milling, profiling, pocketing, horizontal roughing, and parallel finishing, and shows how to adjust the model to account for third-party components like pickups.

Learning objectives
Setting up and editing the model
Adding bridges for flip milling
A variety of two-axis and three-axis machining operations
Simulating and troubleshooting multiple toolpaths

Skills covered

RhinoCAMMecSoftManufacturingProjectProduct and Manufacturing

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome
02 - What you should know before watching this course
03 - Using the exercise files

1. Setting Up the Guitar Body Model

04 - Customizing individual features of the model
05 - Setting stock, location, and size
06 - Adding bridges to the body
07 - Preparing the model for flipping

2. Milling the Guitar - Front Side

08 - Drilling for the control cavities and neck
09 - Simulating an individual toolpath
10 - Pocketing for the control cavities
11 - Roughing out the control cavities
12 - Running a finishing pass

3. Milling the Guitar - Back Side

13 - Toolpathing the back side of the guitar body
14 - Simulating multiple toolpaths
15 - Exporting G-Code to the CNC mill

4. Incorporating the Neck and Headstock

16 - Toolpathing the back of the neck and headstock
17 - Toolpathing the front of the neck and headstock
18 - Adding bridges to the neck

Conclusion

19 - Next steps