3D Printed guitarmaking stuff

[guitarbuilder]

So my dust collector removable safety key went into the Abyss and I've been using all sorts of things like a popsicle stick or screwdriver. I finally had a day with little going on so I decided to draw up one. Luckily, I had one in my garage attached to my Wen dust collector to clone. They want 8 dollars to replace this kind of thing. I did spend a bit of time measuring and drawing it, but it was a 20 minute print. I made a couple extra. Today I had this brilliant idea to make a neck adaptor to allow a F strat neck to fit onto an ASAT body. This worked great. I need to tweek it to fill two corner gaps, but it is rock solid. I have an Ender Pro 3 which is a few years old now. I'm impressed with what it can do.

 

[Jim85IROC]

nice! I've been thinking about designing and printing a trim ring for the neck pickup. I just picked up a Tele body with a beautiful flame maple top that I don't want to cover up with a pickguard. I don't like how the available pickup rings look, so I thought about printing one that just fills the gap between the pickup and the route.

 

[photoweborama]

Nice, I'm hoping to be able to design my own stuff eventually. I have an Ender 3 also. My son showed me a few things on Fusion 360.

 

[guitarbuilder]

Nice, I'm hoping to be able to design my own stuff eventually. I have an Ender 3 also. My son showed me a few things on Fusion 360.

I think one of these days I will try and print my fretboard radius jig and try that out. It's just a matter of sitting down and drawing it. The Ender is a pretty popular machine and it is pretty accurate too.


I'm converting my Xcarve to lead screw drive and had to print a couple parts for the conversion.

The nice part is that there are a lot of STL models for common items already available for free.

 

[GunsOfBrixton]

What size lead screw will you be using?

 

[guitarbuilder]

What size lead screw will you be using?

openbuilds 8mm acme screws and anti backlash nuts. My first homebuild utilized 1/4-20 allthread, so I suspect these will work.

 

[old wrench]

I'm really curious about the 3D printers

I'd really like to be able to simply "print up" some of my jigs and fixtures, or even just some of the more critical parts that really eat up fabrication time

Is there a particular model that is more suited to this sort of thing?

As far as price goes - I have no idea what they cost

Can you get into a decent printer for, say $500 bucks?


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[guitarbuilder]

I'm really curious about the 3D printers

I'd really like to be able to simply "print up" some of my jigs and fixtures, or even just some of the more critical parts that really eat up fabrication time

Is there a particular model that is more suited to this sort of thing?

As far as price goes - I have no idea what they cost

Can you get into a decent printer for, say $500 bucks?


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Mine is a few years old. I went to the Rochester Institute of Technology fair and asked the Engineering students which one they liked. I heard Ender Pro 3 more than a few times. That's what I went with. It was under 300 on Amazon. A few years later, I don't know what the popular one is. LOL. I upgraded the table springs and did buy a glass plate but never used it. Mine has a magnetic work surface so you can take it off and clean it. Think big sheet of refrig. magnet. I have found that the Elmer's glue stick works best for me to adhere the first layers to the bed.

This is a Pro 5

https://www.3dprintersbay.com/creality-ender5-pro?gad=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIr5ywq4e8_gIVwoJbCh2J2QzXEAQYAyABEgKE7PD_BwE

Cura is the software that slices the STL models and creates the Gcode for the machines.

Other people's work:

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[Papa Rufus]

I printed this pickguard with carbon fiber filament on a CreateBot at work. Great machine but in the $4-$5000 range. Found the .dxf file on GrabCad. I had to tweak the file a bit mostly hole locations to match my Squier. Extruded the .dxf into a a solid model, then exported as a .stl file. Quite a process but great results in the end IMHO! The second pic shows the saddles and knobs I machined. Hope you all enjoy your ventures into this technology!! This machine has really been a ton of enjoyment for an old geezer like me!

 

[guitarbuilder]

Tim's Miniature Drill Press

Tim's Miniature Drill Press: Some times when making small project, you need small tools make them. This is my Miniature Drill Press I designed and made using my 3D Printer. I use it for drilling tiny holes in projects I make. This Instructable is just for the Miniature Pedestal…

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[guitarbuilder]

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