Looks great! You can definitely cut faster and with less passes. Plastic is nothing to cut. This bass is shaping up well!

Very exciting watching a new skill unfold!

The point around 4:40. I have only 1 instrument with a laminated neck, an Ibanez, and that was the first thing thing I noticed when I bought it. The grain is oriented not for aesthetic, but for each piece to fight rach other into submission. Jotoba. I live in fl, and it is the ONE instrument that I adjust the least, save for a 1974 fender jazz, which is a one piece, quartersawn maple. Laminating done right is a good thing- properly milled, empirically proven through practice in manufacture, one piece is also good. I'd risk saying that it is availability of material that dictates the choice of the independent maker/diy contingent. In construction, woods chosen for superior crushing strength down the grain are used in load-bearing. Let them sit, in a dry warehouse even- some will twist, bow, etc. Multilaminate, lumber based textiles? Less prone. Interesting subject, worthy of anyone sleuthing further for themselves- someone might come up with some neat ideas

Great job!

After making a few of this you will see that its possible to make a pickguard in 5-6 minutes, well, not including the time for swapping the router bit and zeroing the machine again if you use that method.

Oh yes, the reason we all get married, pickguard dust.

Looking forward to this. Got a desktop cnc and no idea what feed/speed to even start testing with.

I want that

I realy think I want a cnc machine. I am so lost on which one to get.

Hello, great video and great project! I am new to this and I am thinking of going to a workshop where they work with CNC or laser cutting to ask them to help me cut a custom pickguard. Could you tell me how you transferred the model and measurements of the pickguard to the CNC machine so that it would fit well to the instrument? Thank you!

Can you make a pickguard for me? I have an early 80s Memphis p bass. I haven't been able to find a pickguard that fits. The old pickguard is broken around the jack.

What size is the 90 deg v bit?

Do you sell cnc taps for guitars

Ibused tonreally enjoy your vids, but the new creepy close up intros make me want to turn away. Still trying to hang on for now for the good info though.