METALSUSTAIN Posted July 11, 2007 Report Share Posted July 11, 2007 hey would it be better to have one thick block of accrylic to creat a body or several thin sheets glued together ? if i used severral thin sheets then i could cut some different for the pickup routing and the neck pocket a neck of acrylic is a no go isnt it ? wouldnt be strong enough would it ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihocky2 Posted July 11, 2007 Report Share Posted July 11, 2007 The problem with gluing layers of acrylic is getting them to adhere to each other. There are specialty glues for it though. I am not sure where to get them or what they are called, but I know your typical harware stores don't have it. Second you have to get all of the air bubbles out, other wise you'll see them. It can be done, but is not going to be easy. It is better to just use a thick piece of acrylic. But those are expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VesQ Posted July 11, 2007 Report Share Posted July 11, 2007 Years ago some guy at finish guitar building forum built a hole strat from acrylic, including neck too. He tried at first to do it without trussrod but acrylic was too flexible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonsg26 Posted July 12, 2007 Report Share Posted July 12, 2007 i think fender built a strat out of acryilic one year for namm one year they ended up selling it so i guess it could be done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
METALSUSTAIN Posted July 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2007 hmm maybe neckthrough acyrlic would defiantely look sweet hmm , well ill look into it =] thanks for the input Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dickie_rayne Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 hmm maybe neckthrough acyrlic would defiantely look sweet hmm , well ill look into it =] thanks for the input Go to http://www.crimsonguitars.com/page104.html ben has built 2 or 3 of these bases and a lespaul from perspex. really helpfull guy and check out his diary section too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcc001 Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 The solvent for acrylic is methylene chloride and is available at cheap-chemicals.com. You would have to flood the surface in order to get an invisible glue joint, but by the time you get the solvent on, you may have already passed out from the fumes. Good ventilation and a respirator would be essential. Perhaps you could rivet the thin pieces together, it may offer an interesting design challenge. Drilling into acrylic can be disastrous with a regular twist drill. Tap Plastics sells some that are specially ground for this purpose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maikman Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 Ive had this bookmarked for a while incase I wanted to give it a go http://www.delviesplastics.com/mm5/merchan...ar_Cast_Acrylic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingblood Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 where do you buy accrylic? Someday I might make one out of that. What router bits would you use for this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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