Bionic Machinist

Planed the neck angle yesterday, and got some of the top carved today. BM

Thanks guys So I got the truss rod slot routed out today. Also got the re-carve routed on the body. The top is only .500" thick.

I might just hit you up for some parts. Ill email you a list.

Got an update for you all. Got the top bookmatched, cut, glued, and trimmed up. Here's how the veneering looks now with the top glued down. I like it a lot. Got the Fret board all laid out and ready for slotting. Also got the neck Scarfed and glued. And together now for a look ahead. BM

Yep I was originally going to use the single bridges your using with the Kahler cam behind it. like you just said. we talked about it in the bridge build post as well. It will make it universal. BM

It will all make sense when you see it together. At least I hope it does. :croudwaits

Trimmed up and rough sanded to shape. Ready for top. mock up

Heres what i have so far. Rough cut body blank, and glued veneers

Started my multi scale build. Wood selection Wenge body - padauk and stained black maple veneers Top curly maple Padauk Neck Gaboon Ebony Fingerboard

I don't know if you've played a multi scale before but, I think your going to find it rely weird to play with the perp at the 16th fret. For the best ergonomics the perp fret should be closer to the nut. Usually around the 3rd - 7th fret. BM

The channel under the saddles for the grub screws is a good idea. never used a kahler before so I wasn't sure if the saddles would move around when playing. the channels would prevent that. I'm not going to thin down the saddles behind the grub screws though. The reason for that is the length of the saddles and thinning them down would make them to weak in my opinion. BM

What might that be? Looks like a fancy Bong to me.

Using 27" - 25" scale then ghats with the 5th fret as the perp.

K I got all the machining finished up for now and just got some polishing left to do. Then I have to harden it and send it out for chrome or anodizing. If I anodize it I'm not sure what color to do it. Here's how it looks. BM

Thanks piercefield I was just doing this as a test to see if I could machine all the parts manually. Wasn't thinking of the future at all. I will be changing the design for the future to make it a 2 piece bridge so it can be used on any Multi scale length and perp fret desired. Thanks been a lot of mind numbing hours with calculators and edge finders on the mill to insure it's perfect. Now I want to make it out of Brass.