Acousticraft Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 I teach metal work at a local high school and in my shop there is a metal milling machine which is basically used as a Drill Press. I am building a Strat neck so found a piece of Maple flooring off cut that was the right thickness and rough cut the neck profile on a band saw also in my shop. I then rough cut the shape. It dawned on me to try the milling machine for thicknessing the neck so I made up some holding down clamps and after school I clamped it down modified a radius cutting router bit by grinding off the guide bearing. I clamped it tightly in the chuck and milled the headstock to thickness complete with a nice radius where it steps up to the finger board surface. Even though it only spins at 2500 RPM it made a perfect job of thicknessing the headstock and neck and makes a perfectly uniform thickness and so quick. I can see why Leo Fender designed his necks like that now. Saves time and minimises material. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammy Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 I do the same thing with all my headstocks (and necks, for that matter) but using my overhead router. Perfect for the job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acousticraft Posted June 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 (edited) I can see it will be great for milling the truss rod slot and doing the fingerboard/ neck edge to achieve perfectly straight edges. No more routing jigs for me. I can see I also will be able to achieve perfect neck pockets as well. I love it when a plan comes together. Edited June 5, 2007 by Acousticraft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason f Posted July 5, 2007 Report Share Posted July 5, 2007 What about one of these The Legacy Mill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acousticraft Posted July 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2007 Looks like a pretty amazing machine with all the stuff you can do on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuntinDoug Posted July 5, 2007 Report Share Posted July 5, 2007 Here is mine when it was brand spankin new. Now it's buries in wood chips.... I use it for just about everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fookgub Posted July 6, 2007 Report Share Posted July 6, 2007 Here is mine when it was brand spankin new. Now it's buries in wood chips.... I use it for just about everything. http://members.aol.com/huntindoug/mill.jpg Is that one of the 'wood mill' models or a regular metal working mill? Do you have any problems with chips gumming up the ways? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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