Official Luthiers Forum! • View topic - It's been years

Board index » Luthiers Forum Rooms » Guitar Building Forum

All times are UTC - 5 hours

Forum rules

Be nice, no cussin and enjoy!

It's been years - Solera Boards

Page 1 of 1

[ 7 posts ]

Print view

Previous topic | Next topic

Author

Message

Stuart Gort

Post subject: It's been years - Solera Boards

Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2021 7:08 pm

Brazilian Rosewood

Joined: Fri Jan 15, 2010 3:34 pm
Posts: 2047
First name: Stuart
Last Name: Gort
Country: USA
Focus: Build
Status: Semi-pro

These Solera boards were made for Mike Elwell. His classical builds are quite respected.

The idea was to create something very stout and -extremely- accurate. The large Haas cnc was employed. Model in Solidworks. Tool path in Mastercam. The accuracy is .0003" on that machine.

You can see (I hope) that when he clamps anything to this there is no defection of any kind. He's pleased.

You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.

_________________
I read Emerson on the can. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds...true...but a consistent reading of Emerson has its uses nevertheless.

StuMusic

Top

DennisK

Post subject: Re: It's been years - Solera Boards

Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2021 7:28 pm

Contributing Member

Joined: Fri Jan 22, 2010 9:59 pm
Posts: 3569
First name: Dennis
Last Name: Kincheloe
City: Kansas City
State: MO
Country: USA
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur

Probably quite a bit of deflection on his back when he picks them up, though

What kind of bit did you use for the dished areas? Square end, ball end, or is there such a thing as a mill with a large radius on the end?

Top

Stuart Gort

Post subject: Re: It's been years - Solera Boards

Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2021 7:56 pm

Brazilian Rosewood

Joined: Fri Jan 15, 2010 3:34 pm
Posts: 2047
First name: Stuart
Last Name: Gort
Country: USA
Focus: Build
Status: Semi-pro

I used a 1" ball with .01" stepover for each pass. One could build off of the freshly cut surface without needing to sand it.

_________________
I read Emerson on the can. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds...true...but a consistent reading of Emerson has its uses nevertheless.

StuMusic

These users thanked the author Stuart Gort for the post: DennisK (Mon Aug 23, 2021 10:46 pm)

Top

Chris Pile

Post subject: Re: It's been years - Solera Boards

Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2021 11:19 pm

Contributing Member

Joined: Sun Mar 06, 2011 12:04 am
Posts: 5781
First name: Chris
Last Name: Pile
City: Wichita
State: Kansas
Country: Good old US of A
Focus: Repair
Status: Professional

Nice to hear from Stuart!

_________________
"Act your age, not your shoe size" - Prince

These users thanked the author Chris Pile for the post: Stuart Gort (Tue Aug 24, 2021 9:23 am)

Top

ThomLuth

Post subject: Re: It's been years - Solera Boards

Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2021 11:29 pm

Mahogany

Joined: Sun May 01, 2011 2:43 pm
Posts: 42
Location: Downtown Los Angeles
First name: Thomas
Last Name: Beltran
City: Los Angeles
State: California
Zip/Postal Code: 90014
Country: USA
Focus: Build
Status: Semi-pro

Stuart Gort wrote:

I used a 1" ball with .01" stepover for each pass. One could build off of the freshly cut surface without needing to sand it.

They work boards are beautiful, like high-end kitchen cutting boards. For those without that equipment, but a router, it is not difficult to build a standard router jig that yields a surface that also does not require sanding. Below are pictures of the jig and the routing in-process, you can see how smooth the finish is, equal to the un-routed mdf surface.

You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.

These users thanked the author ThomLuth for the post: Durero (Tue Aug 24, 2021 4:58 pm)

Top

Marcus

Post subject: Re: It's been years - Solera Boards

Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2021 5:29 pm

Koa

Joined: Sat May 02, 2009 2:59 pm
Posts: 581
First name: Marcus
Last Name: Bailie
City: Kirkland
State: WA
Focus: Build

I am pleased to see you posting, Stuart. I came into CNC recently and found your posts instrumental (see what i did there? hur hur) in my learning.

Cool project, exquisite work!

_________________
-Marcus
http://www.bailieguitars.com
Instagram | YouTube

These users thanked the author Marcus for the post: Stuart Gort (Tue Aug 24, 2021 5:48 pm)

Top

Stuart Gort

Post subject: Re: It's been years - Solera Boards

Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2021 5:53 pm

Brazilian Rosewood

Joined: Fri Jan 15, 2010 3:34 pm
Posts: 2047
First name: Stuart
Last Name: Gort
Country: USA
Focus: Build
Status: Semi-pro

Marcus wrote:

I am pleased to see you posting, Stuart. I came into CNC recently and found your posts instrumental (see what i did there? hur hur) in my learning.

Cool project, exquisite work!

Lovely to hear that. Thank you

_________________
I read Emerson on the can. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds...true...but a consistent reading of Emerson has its uses nevertheless.

StuMusic

Top

Page 1 of 1

[ 7 posts ]

Board index » Luthiers Forum Rooms » Guitar Building Forum

All times are UTC - 5 hours

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: Mark Mc and 22 guests

You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Jump to: