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Hello, I'm back again. Here you can find the pictures of the neck I built. Here you can see the grain of the neck blank: Here is the fretboard gluing operation: The tuners holes have been drilled: Here you can see the profiling of the fretboard: Now it's the turn of the inlays: Now it's the turn of the headstock. First of all I routed it to the desired thickness than I used a cylindrical sander to smooth the connection to the fretboard: http://www.projectguitar.com/gallery/image/932-rounding-of-the-headstock-transition/ Neck profiling. I routed (using a base) the neck to the thickness then I fixed it to the bench and profiled it with a rasp: http://www.projectguitar.com/gallery/image/933-thicknessing-of-the-neck/ http://www.projectguitar.com/gallery/image/934-thicknessed-neck/ http://www.projectguitar.com/gallery/image/935-neck-radiussing/ http://www.projectguitar.com/gallery/image/936-neck-radiussing/ http://www.projectguitar.com/gallery/image/937-sanded-neck/ http://www.projectguitar.com/gallery/image/938-drilled-holes/ Frets installed: http://www.projectguitar.com/gallery/image/939-frets-installed/ Side dots: http://www.projectguitar.com/gallery/image/940-side-dots/ Installation of the LSR nut: http://www.projectguitar.com/gallery/image/941-nut-slot/ http://www.projectguitar.com/gallery/image/942-nut-installed/ Now I'm waiting for the body to arrive. As soon as I receive it I'll post some pictures ;-)

I recently started a new project: a 3D printed guitar body. Only the body will be 3D printed: the neck will be build in a traditional way with a piece of flamed maple and a rosewood fretboard. I completed the design phase and I just sent the body design to a 3D printing service. As soon as I receive the body I'll post some pictures of it. Here are a couple of pictures of the CAD project just to give you an idea: In the "f" holes there is a set of working gears that will be printed into the body without the need to manually assemble them: The cover of the cavity is connected to the body with an hinge. The hinge will be printed and will not need to be manually assempled: