by coldbrightsunlight » Sat Jan 13, 2018 5:48 am
hbombgraphics wrote:maninashed wrote:has anybody ever gone to a cnc shop and had them make a neck for you? I like the bastin or whatever but I'd rather have a headstock that's 6 in a line
It's a cool idea but probably very cost prohibitive to make a one off neck
First you would have to have a cad drawing or something for them to work with and then you would have to find a shop that has a mill that size that would want to take on a one pc project.
I am guessing you would be looking at quite a bit of cash to pull it off.
If you are serious however and can supply your own drawing I know of a few shops that can probably do it.
Yeah it's entirely doable but the one off nature of the project will make it expensive/hard to get someone to do it. If you're thinking CNC I would highly advise testing your model with a wood prototype first which involves more cost and time but could save you a much more expensive mistake. If hand/2D CAD drawing then check the drawing plenty (obviously) and discuss with the machine shop.
In fact either way a prototype out of wood (or 3d printing if you've modelled it) is a good idea to check you like the neck size and radius and everything.
This is a very achievable dream but will not end up being cheap.
If you're still interested and want more advice on manufacturing/drawing etc. I'm happy to help, I do mechanical design for a job so have a little experience in this.

Not an expert in where you'd go as an individual to get machining done though because I work in a large company which has relationships with our preferred suppliers so we get one-offs and prototypes all the time but it's easy to do.
PS if you know all this already sorry for being condescending just trying to help.
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