Pete Howlett
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I started out making ukulele with slotted headstocks in 1994... I have used at least 6 different methods to do this and the latest 'analogue' version took just 10 minutes to do all slotting and profiling prior to cutting by handt he string ramps.. However a comment Beau made inspired me to have a "me day" and see if I could do this only using my CNC.
When doing stuff like this you can exploit the matter of the head being able to travel at least 4 inches past the bed on the Y axis... Anyway here is a very crude and shaky video. I'll set the camera up properly tomorrow and do a walk through in real time.
Will still have to do the ramps by hand until my mate Des can help me program in the 4th axis so to speak... I haven't the software to model the 'sliced' cylinder that is produced by hand filing with rasps... It costs about £1000 and I don't have enough ukulele left in me to justify that capital expenditure
When doing stuff like this you can exploit the matter of the head being able to travel at least 4 inches past the bed on the Y axis... Anyway here is a very crude and shaky video. I'll set the camera up properly tomorrow and do a walk through in real time.
Will still have to do the ramps by hand until my mate Des can help me program in the 4th axis so to speak... I haven't the software to model the 'sliced' cylinder that is produced by hand filing with rasps... It costs about £1000 and I don't have enough ukulele left in me to justify that capital expenditure
