Wow those models are awesome Matt! How do you do that without getting seams or gaps? Practice right! :)

Hey Neil,

Your heel surfaces are not aligned with each other. Double check the alignment of your curves. All surfaces must be aligned to each with no gaps...to create what's called a "water tight" model...a true solid.

Hope that helps!

Mat

Yep, lots of practice...just like learning to play the guitar. ;) Always something new to learn in MOI...or guitar!

The forum here is a great resource. The guys here are incredibly helpful.

M

Yeah Neil,
The longhorn and a couple of the other full bodied ones...

I knew Nat. it WAS meant as a good comment.

To Burrman - Thank you sir!! Much appreciated.

Thank you Matt - will work on tightening things up. There are several snap to settings which is best for networking? What I mean is do you have Straight Snap, Grid Snap and Object snap all on or do you use only one or two?

Hello Mat10x,

Here is the CNC I just finished building - haven't wired it up yet hope to do that this weekend. It's a real tank. Also attached a few more rock oriented guitars I built over the years - sorry about the quality on some of the pictures and more importantly many thanks for your help and suggestions!

Wow, that full mahogany one is awesome !

Hey Neil,

Yeah post up your neck when you have it rebuilt. Love to see how it turns out.

The 3 "snaps"...I use all 3...but for different needs. Make a simple cube or basic curves to build off of and play with all 3 snaps to see what they do and when you need them.

Snaps are not just for "network"...they're for building in general. Must have tools for keeping things aligned and properly positioned as you build.

M

Hey super nice Neil!

First and second image? Mahogany with Macassar fretboard? Love the contoured heel. No contouring on backside of the lower horn to match?

Not sure how I feel about the drop headstock though. Why no tilt back or just a straight headstock?

Might have to call you about doing a custom. Love to design a body, neck, headstock...and have some body route it for me.

Lookin' good!

M

Just finished building my second CNC machine tonight - here's a first run "air cut" . . . had no issues - ran a 45 minute cycle without a hitch.

Hi Neil,
I have been playing with the network method and here's my latest attempt
using your drawing as a start.
I have done some trimming and blending to remove some of the crease lines
not sure if that's the best way but it looks Ok to me.
Have you looked at Zarkow video http://moi3d.com/forum/index.php?webtag=MOI&msg=8845.5
I tried it on the neck network and looked promising.
Cheers
Barry

Hi Barry-H,

Man that looks terrific!! Will take a look at that video.

Thanks so much for the help - greatly appreciated.

N

So BurrMan - what was Nat Daniels like? Seems like a brilliant business person - I had a couple of his double cutaways as a kid. They were really fun guitars - and played great.

Thanks Marc!

Mat10x - if you want me to do some milling for you just let me know - always enjoy unique new projects.

The video describing car modeling is amazing - need to learn how to do that - it's advanced modeling for sure - but wow the results are outstanding. Downloaded the scripts now to practice . . . Zarkow is a master is he not? Man.

http://moi3d.com/forum/index.php?webtag=MOI&msg=8845.5

Where is the reconstruct curve with polylines command that Zarkow uses? I can't seem to find it . . .

Hi Neil,

re:
> Where is the reconstruct curve with polylines command that Zarkow uses? I can't seem to find it . . .

I think it's this one here:
http://kyticka.webzdarma.cz/3d/moi/#ReconstructCurve

- Michael