Generated a D-Size Tele Body Blueprint

[tdowns]

Well now isn't the word "blueprint" is outdated!!! I recently used a CAD program to help someone calculate the area and volume of a Tele body from an outline I received. I decided I must continue and make an entire dimensioned drawing of the Tele body, similar to the one in the Tele bible. That old print is tiny and very hard to read. I made a PDF file that is D-sized (34" x 22"). I'm thinking about printing one out D-sized and using it as a wall hanging.


Note:
The original older versions have been deleted. Follow the link below to the latest revision of the Tele body blueprint.

Posting for the latest revision

I put a note on the drawing as a disclaimer of its accuracy. I'm not sure how accurate the overall drawing is. The control cavity is about 15.4 mils off from the original, which may be an improvement, I don't know.

If you find a dimension missing, let me know. I'm not good at checking my own work. Proof readers are welcome.

Download the Adobe Acrobat Reader if you don't have it.

[jwells393]

Excellent ............ Terry Downs ......... once again ....... You the man.....

[tdowns]

Noooooo jwells. YOU ARE THE MAN! Make sure you got the latest. I updated it again after I posted.

[jwells393]

The only thing I see missing is the hole diameter (.125 in.) in section D-D.

[gtech]

That's some nice work, just the way I like.

I'll check it while building a new body I started...

Gilles

[tdowns]

I fixed it. Thanks for pointing that out. The link should now be updated.

[tdowns]

Originally Posted by gtech

That's some nice work, just the way I like.

I'll check it while building a new body I started...

Gilles

Thanks. That would be helpful. Good luck on the new build.

Terry

[jwells393]

Question Terry .................. If I get this printed actual size, will the body outline and all dimensions be actual size?

[tdowns]

Originally Posted by jwells393

Question Terry .................. If I get this printed actual size will the body outline and all dimensions be actual size?

Yes, that was my intention. I scaled to print 1:1 to a D sized drawing. If you get someone like Kinkos to print from this and the scale factor is set to 1:1, you should be fine. I'd recommend laying a Tele bridge over the hole pattern to check. I printed 1:1 on an A sheet and the bridge area came out accurate.

Don't select a "fit to margins" option.

[gtech]

I use Draw Plus to work with these drawings and print them.

I overlapped Terry's drawing over mine and it fits perfectly. It means it will print perfecto because I already used mine to build a few Teles.

And with Cad type of files you can't go wrong anyway.

So what I do is I set the program to print Poster size on 4 sheets of normal letter size paper, and assemble them together after that. No need to get them printed elsewhere.

Like on this photo:




The only details I find I have to adapt or reajust is the neck pickup cavity and the control plate cavity. For them, I always check with the pickguard before routing them to make sure it fits with the pickguard...

Gilles

[fabiomayo]

Thank you very much for providing this.

[bobkatstudios]

yummy goodness.

[eryque]

Terry, that's unbelievably awesome! I might just have to print me a poster to put on the wall too.

And let's not forget to thank Ed Hawley, who made the original drawing.

[tdowns]

Originally Posted by eryque

Terry, that's unbelievably awesome! I might just have to print me a poster to put on the wall too.

And let's not forget to thank Ed Hawley, who made the original drawing.

Yes, many thanks to Ed and YOU eryque for connecting me into this. What is Ed's nick here on the TDPRI?

For those of you that didn't read some of the other posts, I was given a drawing with the wonderful profile. Ed did a great job on this. It appears to be very accurate. I later connected all the arcs and circles together so the area/volume could be calculated as shown below.

[John_]

Nice work! Thanks for that.

[tdowns]

Originally Posted by gtech

I use Draw Plus to work with these drawings and print them.

I overlapped Terry's drawing over mine and it fits perfectly. It means it will print perfecto because I already used mine to build a few Teles.

And with Cad type of files you can't go wrong anyway.

So what I do is I set the program to print Poster size on 4 sheets of normal letter size paper, and assemble them together after that. No need to get them printed elsewhere.

Like on this photo:




The only details I find I have to adapt or reajust is the neck pickup cavity and the control plate cavity. For them, I always check with the pickguard before routing them to make sure it fits with the pickguard...

Gilles

Very cool. Thanks for the verification.

[Tom S]

That is outstanding work, Terry! his will come in handy for a lot of people. Thank you very much for your incredible effort!

[tdowns]

Originally Posted by Tom S

That is outstanding work, Terry! his will come in handy for a lot of people. Thank you very much for your incredible effort!

Thanks Tom, but the hard work was already done by having the profile. The rest is just some dimensioning and drafting work. Let me know if you see anything that needs to be changed.

[Tom S]

Terry, you are too modest.

On quick perusal, the only things that look slightly off to me are the butt end, the control cavity position and the bridge. See, it doesn't look perfectly accurate based on the tele I'm building:








Other than that, the drawing looks great!

Again, terrific job, and thanks.

[PeterUK]

Just what I needed for a current project!

I've discovered we've got a big A0 printer at work so I'm going to print a couple out!

Many thanks!

Peter

[Tedecaster]

Awesome job, Terry!

I'm surprised no has done this before now. No more magnifying glass.... & "what's that dimension?"

I wouldn't have known where to start.

There will be alot of appreciative people around here.

Thanks, TD

[eryque]

Terry, in the fine tradition of wonderful CAD draftsmen, Ed's handle is ehawley. :)

Maybe we should ask Paul to host this file and post it in the reference section.

[tdowns]

Originally Posted by Tom S

Terry, you are too modest.

On quick perusal, the only things that look slightly off to me are the butt end, the control cavity position and the bridge. See, it doesn't look perfectly accurate based on the tele I'm building:








Other than that, the drawing looks great!

Again, terrific job, and thanks.

Dang. I guess it's back to the drawing board!!! Are those French curves or what?

Thanks all and to Eryque, thanks for Ed's nick. It was his profile that made this possible.