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For folks familiar with the Gore / Gilet books and the top thickness calculations in section 4.5. I made a web based calculator to do the nasty spreadsheet math... So this is for once you've weighed and measured your top plates and then found the long, cross and transverse resonances it gives you the target thickness to hit a particular frequency for the long resonance of the plate. Just sharing so folks don't have to do the math for bu…

Hey Everyone! Does anyone have experience with using the neck jig/shop stand setup without bolting the stand to the floor? Eventually I will bolt it down but want to try a few different spots to commit (still working on shop layout). I just had epoxy floors put down and do not want to drill extra holes in the floor! Thanks!

I have access to a nova thunderlaser 5-something and I saw a video of somebody cutting out a fret board as well as the fret slots, as well as an entire neck out of a blank with a laser cutter, and I’m wondering if this is a reasonable thing to do and if anybody has experience with the kind of shrinkage that would probably happen with such a deep cut in the neck blank. Any insight at all is greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Just noticed this category was here. Since nobody has jumped in, I'll be the first. We've had our Plek machine since last summer and did just over 300 Plek jobs in the first year. It has become a tremendous asset in our business. I'm happy to be a part of any discussion here. :)

https://www.reddit.com/r/BambuLab/s/LVqO575nA0

It's getting to that time of year again where workshops are getting cold. What are you all using for heating? etc, Are you heating overnight? What temperatures do you find guitars and your bones can withstand. What do you find helps balance heat and humidity? Just a discussion about winter in the workshop.

Hello! Any FreeCAD users? I've trialing software version 0.21.2 for the last few months with success. Both CAD and CAM are more than functional. There are some quirks in the CAD side that I found that could be worked through, mainly in constraints. These quirks remind me of the "odd logic" that had to be used in older CAD software. Just starting conversation.

I'm always looking for tools that I might need and probably use once (if at all), but will definitely buy them...I need a support group for this habit... Found this the other day and thought I'd share... tons of Graphite, Nomex, fiberglass, specialty hand tools that could be at home in a Geetar shop... I bought the print catalog...but download pdf link here... https://www.aircraftspruce.com/pdf/2025Individual/Cat25.pdf

Hi All, Is there anyone on the loothgroup that knows GRBL and can have a chat with me about getting my cnc Going. I seem to be having Language and communication issues on forums

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Hey all!! First time caller here I just received the creality printer i ordered and while im enjoying printing some cool designs off, im trying to find the best, but simple and affordable software to use to create my own designs. What is every one using?

About: I have created an Add-On for blender that at the moment generates fret positions and makes a fretboard according to several parameters. This makes it extremely easy to get started with modeling a Guitar in blender. If you are interested it please give it a whirl and let me know what you think about it and if you like it, what you don't, what you would like to see etc... If you do like it and would like aid its development please d…

https://youtu.be/hwuFgq64mT4?si=NHJmgg12q2EL-D41&t=23 I was checking out this video from Warmoth and that fancy glue shooter caught my eye. After some brief amazon sleuthing I found something similar for surprisingly not as much as I thought it would cost. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B098R7ZWP9/?coliid=I2RE7GKODJQXD4&colid=14B0Z9NCO74LW&ref_=list_c_wl_lv_ov_lig_dp_it&th=1 Looks like the above link is entry level with some fancier units in t…

I recently realized its probably time to retire my cheap set of jobber drill bits (Robert Oven standard issue) that are almost a decade old at this point. Does anyone have a set they like or a brand they would recommend?