A laser cutter is one of the most useful modern
tools I could possibly own, and also something
I never thought I would ever own. It was always one of those
things I dreamed about owning.
A laser could cut out pickup parts out of sheets of Forbon
vulcanized fiber while I wind pickups.
Designing new pickup models or design changes normally would
take weeks at least to make the jigs
for cutting out new pickup parts. Want to design some pickups
for a model you have never done before?
Want to make some five or six string bass pickups but only
have parts on hand for four string models?
Want to make pickup parts out of figured wood (like
flamed maple) instead of 'normal' materials?
No problem!
With a laser, new pickup designs are as close as
your computer.
Just draw them in your CAD program, send the files to the
laser's program,
add some Forbon, and hit 'Start'... and voila! Parts! How
cool is that?
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I got seriously lucky when I found parts from two laser
cutters at an estate sale last winter.
This story is about what I decided to do with them...
This
is a photo of my laser after cutting Angeltone's logo into a
piece of Forbon pickup material.
If you want to read more about this, start
below
