Radius540 Posted March 18, 2005 Report Share Posted March 18, 2005 i have a router in my woods shop used to cut stuff with a input black white image. its pretty cool but i never can transfer the image from the program "coreldraw" to a plotter file. anyone use this way to cut the fingerboard b4? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jer7440 Posted March 18, 2005 Report Share Posted March 18, 2005 Is it a laser or a router? What do you mean by input black and white images? Need more specifics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFC Posted March 18, 2005 Report Share Posted March 18, 2005 I do all my fretboards with a laser, inlays and all. You have to clean the inlay "cavities" with a dremel or something, and saw the fretslots to get the right width/depth. The laser I use works lika any windows printer, just draw the board in corel and print. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erikbojerik Posted March 18, 2005 Report Share Posted March 18, 2005 I do all my fretboards with a laser, inlays and all. You have to clean the inlay "cavities" with a dremel or something, and saw the fretslots to get the right width/depth. The laser I use works lika any windows printer, just draw the board in corel and print. ← What is the brand/model of laser cutter? That sounds pretty cool.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goth_fiend Posted March 19, 2005 Report Share Posted March 19, 2005 you got pm man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFC Posted March 20, 2005 Report Share Posted March 20, 2005 What is the brand/model of laser cutter? That sounds pretty cool.... ← This one: http://www.ulsinc.com/english/laser_system..._line/m300.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jer7440 Posted March 21, 2005 Report Share Posted March 21, 2005 Are you just using the laser to mark the fret position and the outline of you inlays or are you actually cutting the slots to depth and rough pocketing the inlays? are you cutting shell? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyykko Posted March 21, 2005 Report Share Posted March 21, 2005 Are you just using the laser to mark the fret position and the outline of you inlays or are you actually cutting the slots to depth and rough pocketing the inlays? are you cutting shell? ← On ULSINC's website there is a example of making an inlay with the machine ( link 1 ). There seems to be also pictures of MOP-inlays made with their laser ( Link 2 ). Sounds like a cool piece of machinery, I'd really like to try one sometimes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radius540 Posted March 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2005 its a router i think...what it does is that u input an image with actual lines on it and then set the depth of how much u want to cut and it will cut out for u. it use a program called coreldraw to covert normal image to a plotter file so it will work on the machine. but it has to be a image with actual line on them. other wise it will not work. i am just wandering if anyone is familiar with the program and can make it work so i can cut my fingerboard:P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Bones Posted March 21, 2005 Report Share Posted March 21, 2005 Anybody know a ballpark figure for one of those machines? Billy Bones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdguitars Posted March 21, 2005 Report Share Posted March 21, 2005 lol 7g's last time I looked.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jer7440 Posted March 22, 2005 Report Share Posted March 22, 2005 their website says prices start at 10g's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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