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Trent Guitars - From the Workshop

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  • sev112sev112 Frets: 2739
    Bloody wow!
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  • TeyeplayerTeyeplayer Frets: 3137

    So pleased with the outcome!


    Amazing post, but the highlight? Man, I love that smooth bottom carve! It’s so sensual. :)
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  • TrentGuitarsTrentGuitars Frets: 1717
    edited August 2021 tFB Trader
    Another great day with the CNC,

    this time I was machining the body for @Rich31k ’s model 1. Out of one piece of Obeche it’s made a wonderfully light body.

    I put together this little video for your enjoyment 

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  • Rich31kRich31k Frets: 776
    Another great day with the CNC,

    this time I was machining the body for @Rich31k ’s model 1. Out of one piece of Obeche it’s made a wonderfully light body.

    I put together this little video for your enjoyment 

    Looks great! Nice to see the build too. Thanks for the updates
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  • TTonyTTony Frets: 27346
    That finished shot came straight off the machine???

    Like the little skirts and the extractor on the machine.  That'll help keep your workshop nice and dust-free.

    What cutter are you using?
    Having trouble posting images here?  This might help.
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  • TrentGuitarsTrentGuitars Frets: 1717
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    TTony said:
    That finished shot came straight off the machine???

    Like the little skirts and the extractor on the machine.  That'll help keep your workshop nice and dust-free.

    What cutter are you using?
    Yeah, off the machine!

    I use cutters from Wealden Tool (https://www.wealdentool.com/)

    And I choose the solid tungsten carbide tools and upcut. For the routing of the pockets and borders I use an 8mm STC upcut and then for the contours and 3D carving I use an 8mm ball end STC upcut.

    I find Wealden to be really reasonably priced and I've used them for many years now for my router bits!
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  • TrentGuitarsTrentGuitars Frets: 1717
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    Ok so after having machined all 5 bodies, I now finish sand them.

    This is done by hand around the edges with various shaped blocks and also by hand. The faces are then blended with my Mirka Deros.

    The boring bits are me drilling the string holes, the electro socket hole and then connecting the cavities.~



    Time to get some primer on!





    This is an Obeche body as the customer specifically requested a lightweight body, it will be grain filled after this and then the colour coats begin.

    Next week I begin to fret the necks, and we are heading for the finish line!
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  • DiscoStuDiscoStu Frets: 5382

    Time to get some primer on!




    This is an Obeche body as the customer specifically requested a lightweight body, it will be grain filled after this and then the colour coats begin.

    Next week I begin to fret the necks, and we are heading for the finish line!
    That looks fab as it is! Is this what we can expect from the entry level bodies?
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  • TrentGuitarsTrentGuitars Frets: 1717
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    DiscoStu said:

    Time to get some primer on!




    This is an Obeche body as the customer specifically requested a lightweight body, it will be grain filled after this and then the colour coats begin.

    Next week I begin to fret the necks, and we are heading for the finish line!
    That looks fab as it is! Is this what we can expect from the entry level bodies?
    Certainly, this is the timber I'm planning on using for it
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  • TTonyTTony Frets: 27346
    I like the look of that.  
    Having trouble posting images here?  This might help.
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  • Fascinating to see how these guitars are built - thanks for posting!  :)
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  • mgawmgaw Frets: 5239
    This is a great thread thanks for posting.   
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  • Really cool insight into the build process as always.

    Is that an Alpkit carabiner I spy holding the body up?
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  • TrentGuitarsTrentGuitars Frets: 1717
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    Really cool insight into the build process as always.

    Is that an Alpkit carabiner I spy holding the body up?
    Now that’s an eagle eye! Yes indeed it is! We have a load of them in the workshop 
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  • Hahaha, I use them all the time - as key rings, clipping stuff to rucksacks, hanging stuff in tents, I don't know what I'd do without them!
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  • TrentGuitarsTrentGuitars Frets: 1717
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    I tend to try and use Sundays to do a bit of R&D, so I figured I'd get stuck into trying the two sided milling on the necks.

    So to save decent Maple stock I've been using 18mm plywood, which is a shade under the thickness of 20.5mm I use on my necks so I've accounted for that with my Z depths for each program. The idea is to see if my paths work and if I can get the references right to be able to flip the neck and have it mill perfectly on the back as well as the front!

    I put together some clips! 

    Best thing about doing it in plywood is that because of the layers you can quite easily see if you have a smooth even carve or not - rather like the zebra filter you can use in your CAD software.




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  • TTonyTTony Frets: 27346
    I have CNC machine envy
    :D

    Actually, i think mine would probably do that - it'd just take a little bit longer.

    From the lines on the back of the neck, looks like that test worked ok?
    Having trouble posting images here?  This might help.
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  • TrentGuitarsTrentGuitars Frets: 1717
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    TTony said:
    I have CNC machine envy
    :D

    Actually, i think mine would probably do that - it'd just take a little bit longer.

    From the lines on the back of the neck, looks like that test worked ok?
    Yeah yours certainly could handle it too! 

    I run mine at 5000mm/min, I think the machines like the Oozenest workbee run at a max of around 2500.

    Yeah the test worked well! oddly when I flip it I do need to adjust the origin by 1.7mm on the X, so I'm going to investigate in my drawings to see what I can do!
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  • normula1normula1 Frets: 639
    TTony said:
    I have CNC machine envy
    :D
    Never mind CNC, I have neck envy, it might be ply, but looks better than some necks I've purchased :)
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  • WBT2079WBT2079 Frets: 85
    That is really impressive. Am loving watching how your guitars are coming together. They look really nice.
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