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3D Club: Node Atlas with Brett Bailey

Brett Bailey Contriver Guitars VideoNew BuildsLite

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Electric Guitar Builders Club: Frank Brothers Guitar Company

James Roadman - Roadman Guitars VideoNew BuildsLite

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3D Club: Strings Micro Factory with Brad Combs

Brock Poling VideoTools, Spaces, Robots, and WidgetsPro

Sep 1, 2026

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Looth Pro: CNC Inlay with Brock Poling

Dave Staudte (rhymms with "Howdy") NB Guitar Repair (New Braunfels, TX) VideoRepair and Restoration

Aug 29, 2026

Holter Custom Pickguards, with Taylor Mullins

Holter Custom Pickguards, with Taylor Mullins The one-man shop with nearly 400 free templates: how Taylor Mullins went from scissors to a Shapeoko, why the good celluloid comes from Italy, and what a …

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Brett Bailey Contriver Guitars VideoNew BuildsLite

Aug 9, 2026

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Electric Guitar Builders Club: In conversation with Daniel Memory of Oni Guitars

Brett Bailey Contriver Guitars VideoNew BuildsLite

Aug 8, 2026

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Electric Guitar Builders Club: Hybrid Tops - Burl & Resin

James Roadman - Roadman Guitars ArticleRepair and Restoration

Jul 26, 2026

Hummingbird Headstock Repair

Scanning a broken headstock with the Creality Raptor, CNC-cutting a mahogany patch to the exact topology of the missing wedge, and finishing it back to Cherry Red. I've had the Creality Raptor 3D scan…

3d-scanning CNC Finish Repair Fusion 360 acoustic repair

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Private member DiscussionJob Postings

Jul 12, 2026

Looking for CAD expert

Hello all! My name is Jake and I run a repair shop out of my NYC apartment. I am looking for someone who's experienced in CAD to help me with a project. I am working on a 5 string headless bass build for a customer. The neck & body are to be CNCed by a local mill here in Brooklyn, NY. I have a 2D design (PDF and CRD), but I need help making some modifications, as well as translating it to 3D. Pay is negotiable. I will basically pay whate…

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Creston Lea VideoNew BuildsLite

Jun 22, 2026

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Saul Koll and Creston Lea

James Roadman - Roadman Guitars ArticleRepair and Restoration

Jun 1, 2026

F5-L Mandolin Binding Repair

Repairing damaged binding and purfling points and replacing mismatched ivoroid point caps on an F5 mandolin — with 3D-scanned, CNC-milled cast-resin binding, color-matched and tinted to disappear. Thi…

3d scan CNC Folk, Bluegrass, Irish, Old Time Instruments Fusion 360 Mandolin

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Ian Davlin VideoTools, Spaces, Robots, and Widgets

Apr 20, 2026

Shop Bot CNCs

We had a focused conversation with Ross Gruet and Alex Hardison from ShopBot Tools and took a hard look at what's actually new in their CNC lineup. We

CNC Tooling cam shop tour

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James Roadman - Roadman Guitars VideoTools, Spaces, Robots, and WidgetsLite

Mar 15, 2026

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3D Club with Yuexin Chen and Jerry Lynn

Private member DiscussionDesign and Testing

Jan 1, 2026

Interlocking Scarf Joint

A while back I saw a Canna Guitars video on Instagram and thought his use of the “wave” scarf joint between his neck and headstock was an interesting use of CNC. But it got me thinking about other options, and this idea percolated in my brain: Cut a regular scarf joint, but then using a CNC cut a tenon into the neck, and a mortise/dado into the headstock. (Obviously you could also do this by hand with a saw and chisel). The joint would i…

CNC councilyes neck construction scarf joint