A Happy New Year to All! I'm a newbie here and looking for some help to build a CNC Router that will be capable of machining guitar bodies and necks. I'm not looking to do this commercially but as a hobby but would still like to build a machine that's strong, capable and durable enough. I have built 6 guitars in a community work space on a large machine so I am familiar with using one. While I have been researching different types of CNC routers I think I've just confused myself more. I'm hoping that the experienced folks on this forum will make things a little clearer for me. Size wise I'd like to build something along the 2ft x 3ft size or thereabouts. There are probably some folks here that have built one for what I want to do. Thanks for your help.
Hello Peter, Thank You For Replying to my post and for the link. I'll have a look at that build. Cheers!
Hello Peter, That Lead 1515 is certainly a very sturdy build but for my purposes it is way to big. I'd only be machining one body or neck at a time. It's also out of my budget range. Thanks for your help.
Thanks Peter but the platform is still too big. I really only need something that's about 24" wide by 36" long. It could be longer but not wider. I have space limitations.
Thanks for your response. I won't be cutting anything 36" long. The stock I use for making the neck is 30" long. That's the longest piece I would be machining. I would think that 1000mm would be long enough. The width of stock for the body can be 15" or 16".
My CNC is a custom build 850mm X and 1500 Y. I can cut 49 x 26" material. I bet if you requested a quote for a LEAD 1010 cut down To 1000x750. Or, since the price savings would be next to nothing for cutting down one Cbeam and one lead screw, just order the 1010 and cut the x axis Cbeam and leadscre to what you want it to be because everything else would remain the same. Just remember to leave the extra 40mm on the leadscrew (790mm for a 750mm x axis). But if you want to quote something else, ask Sales Contact Us
Thanks for the info. Doesn't make much sense cutting the 1010 down for minimal cost savings. I may ask for a quote just to see.