My first cnc run. Inlay for a customers guitar!

My customer wanted to get the name of their pony “POLO” on the guitar somehow, I suggested the 12th fret marker. knew it was ok because its only 4 letters so I could beef them up.

I used a 1mm bit, reduced speed to 20% SINCE MOP is very hard and away I went.Of course I’ll need to cut the pockets with my Dremel but that’s ok.


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That takes courage! Good job….I’m to chicken for that

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I felt pretty confident. Gotta start somewhere. All be doing trussed covers today.
Ill get to a fingerboard and body soon enough.

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Here’s the final shot. So very happy with the results.

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I also began the faceplate for this custom build. A piece of ebony. I used a 1mm bit, travel was 100% with no issues.

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Have to respect the “Send it” attitude. When I saw the first images, in my head I thought you were doing this on a guitar you were doing a fret job on not a new build. Still, first run. :+1:

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Hey Kerry, thank you.

It’s much easier than my mind pictured before I got the cnc setup. You know, overthinking. I’m starting with the small stuff. I’ll be doing an mdf fingerboard test run and an mdf test on a carve top. That’ll be fun.

Cheers,
William

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