Musical Instruments

That's pretty cool. I've been meaning to start building models of instruments myself. I make guitars by hand but hope to get a CNC router soon and start programming.

I returned to school for CNC programming and looking to graduate this spring. I'm a machinist by trade.

Here is a link to a simple open back banjo

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Banjo open back

open back banjo easy to make. Built a few of these about 1978 using a shell made from brass sheet.

Back in the 1970's a friend and me made a few of these out of some old brass strips we found in the back of the store at work. The first two were one each so we could take a banjo each out into the wild when tramping and hunting. Later we built a few for friends. When I modeled this I was looking at some 4mm aluminum offcuts at work and thought they would be good for banjo bodies. I could cut them to size in the guillotine and run the blanks through the CNC turret punch for the holes and made some quite easily so i made a drawing of the body, but never got around to it before I retired.

There are a few good guitar and violin models on grabcad also some models of hurdy gurdy's

Electric guitars of the Leo Fender type are great for CNC routing. Fender guitars are a great example of, not only good musical instrument design, but excellent industrial design.

Today I finished my first "big" project: my six stringed bass guitar I've been playing for about 7 years now and I hope you folks enjoy it!

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6 stringed bass guitar

About a year ago I started my BSc mechanical engineering and I thought it was about time to better my skills in modelling and rendering. My trusty old bassguitar seemed to be a fun first project! I did not feel like dis- and reassembling my bassguitar so some electronics and internal parts weren'...

Hey fellow members, I'm designing guitars and bass for fun ! here is my last creation ! Enjoy

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Caballera - 6-string guitar

Another custom design ! This time, a much more vintage look, with a cabronita vibe ! A body inspired from a powercaster, but with a reverse telecaster headstock and some fancy finsh ! As usual, the parts are all made from constructor blueprints on 1:1 scale, ready for CNC. Enjoy ! Specs: - Solid ...

This is an excellent model of a Gibson A4 mandolin https://grabcad.com/library/gibson-a4-mandolin by Al Trice. It is a good model reflecting how Gibson actually makes them