ThePearDream wrote: ↑Thu Dec 28, 2023 8:29 am
A lot the obvious stuff is already being done, i.e. the low hanging fruit have been picked. There is a ton of potential for less obvious ideas though. I have all of my Jaguar and Yamaha pickup covers available over on Shapeways. But I also have a bunch of models over there that aren't publicly available, and I experiment with stuff sometimes. I'd love to have a 3D printer of my own, so I could really go wild though.
The main reason I ordered the 3D printer is that they're finally hitting prices I can afford without sacrificing quality. The Ender-3 series has been lauded as a great starter printer with issues in V1 and V2 but then V3 comes out and everybody's like "OMG! They listened and fixed a bunch of the issues!". It's still a budget 3D printer and can't do EVERYTHING, but for what I want to do I don't need it to churn out things at super high speed and I don't need multiple colors within one print...
Yet. LOL
ThePearDream wrote: ↑Thu Dec 28, 2023 8:29 am
I have a jig, I designed and printed from plastic, that I use to drill truss rod access holes in the headstock of necks that I build in that style. There are all sorts of jigs and accessories you could make to aid in assembling or building guitars. I saw somebody using a 3D printed jig for locating and drilling for threaded inserts in the body
Jigs and templates are definitely something I was thinking about. Just not sure of the specifics, like... I was thinking about making a routing template for the Mustang trem without the whole-ass body being included in it, for my own purposes, since I'm going to be putting a Mustang trem on a non-Mustang (and the guy I've messaged TWICE on Reverb about possibly laser cutting just the trem portion of his template hasn't even sent me a polite "No").
But, yeah, I'm not a professional engineer by any stretch of the imagination but I've always had a knack for designing complicated things, so if you have any jigs, tools, and templates you'd like, lemme know!
ThePearDream wrote: ↑Thu Dec 28, 2023 8:29 am
I've made 6 or so, different blade switch tips in some different shapes. I've made filler pieces for pickup holes. I made a replacement tip for slide switches, but found them difficult to replace. I bet a 3D printed jig could make that easier though. There are some things like converter brackets for rhythm circuits out there. Things in that vein could be useful, You could design some cool knobs, or a tool to help align knob pointers to the exact same angle. Tuner buttons? Vibrato arm tips? Nut slotting guide? Just a few ideas off the top of my head.
I would
LOVE to make switch tips for slide switches in all different sorts of colors... Like could you imagine an OTM Jag with matching switches (because they do make all different colors of filament with metallic particles like a metallic finish)?
ThePearDream wrote: ↑Thu Dec 28, 2023 8:29 am
I tried printing some saddles in metal, but found them difficult to tap for screws. Now I'm thinking that I should try to reprint them in a softer material, like nylon, or something squishier even, as an experiment.
Oooh... Is that rubber bridge sound still a thing? Could print some Mustang saddles in TPU(95a)! Intonatable rubber bridge sounds!