Brian May made the unique design of roller bridge for his original Red Special guitar from a piece of aluminium bar using hand tools. In my latest You...

Hi everybody. I forgot to update this thread. I completed my guitar in June 2020. I set up a new website to present my projects: I am still bu...

Here are three images of the guitar, one after cutting at the workshop and two close ups of the internals. I made the plastic pickguard set and alumin...

Doug, what sort of cut did you do with the 20mm aluminium? I have spent the last 9 days!!!! trying to machine some relatively simple parts for a frie...

[quote="Hurcokid", In my honest opinion based upon my cnc professional milling experience 22mm/sec(1320mm /min) is far too fast a feed rate speed for...

Dear Jazzdad, I wrote a guide to level the Z axis on this thread: Doug

I had issues with static build up because the first tubing/hose I used was not anti-static. You can find anti-static tubing/hose no problem. An earthi...

Dear pev, It is likely that your Y axis will require mechanically tuned. Rory Stoney has produced an excellent video on this topic. I also wrote up...

Dear sanjaykviswas, I wrote a guide to level the Z axis on this thread:

As Rory says, you need to shave the surface when cutting with aluminium. I have successfully milled 1.2 mm thick aluminium sheet using small diamet...

Hi Ian. I think we communicated recently via Facebook Messenger on this topic but I thought it would be useful posting a reply here. The most de...

Thanks chaps. The engraving is definitely done in the chrome. This is an interesting sideline and not part of my main guitar build. I think a so...

Hi Peter. A quick question if I may. Suppose I wished to engrave lettering or indeed a fancy pattern into the surface of a chromed brass guitar ...