My project during lockdown these many months has been to build myself my own guitar. It has taken much longer than I thought, and I am yet to finish (some frets are still buzzing so the neck needs more tweaking.) The fun part has been adding some custom flourishes. With the help of FormIt, Dynamo, and my trusty Makerbot I was able to create a pretty funky pick guard. Along with the orange paint job, it is really taking on a Halloween-like feel. Just in time!
My mother mentioned wanting her own Pegs and Jokers board game. Having never played (or even heard of) this game, I did some digging and found this existing pattern. I modified it by adding a profile of the Adirondack Mountains (where my parents live.) I laser cut these on maple and stained each of the three sets a slightly different shade. Turns out to be a pretty fun game!
As a gift, my 11 yr old designed and 3d printed me a hanging charger for my watch 😎 @tinkercad #3Dprinting #MakerGirls pic.twitter.com/ESkWEAqzKQ
— Tom Vollaro (@TomVollaro) December 26, 2018
I have been working since last summer on a cigar box electric guitar, similar to this one on Instructables, but a Telecaster version. I successfully designed, printed, and assembled a three part neck with a truss rod hole. I finally just got around to assembling the electronics and cigar box body last weekend. Everything looked beautiful until I strung the first string… <head slap!> I must have mis-measured the bridge location, so the string hangs off the edge by about 1mm. I cannot simply move the bridge because I had already cut the hole for the pickup! Although I am disappointed, I am chalking this up to iteration in the design process. I have now decided to go all-in and 3D print the entire body! I was not happy with how the neck was secured to the box. So, back to the drawing board:
