Lutherie Guides
Build Log: Semi-Hollow Acrylic Top Flying V
How to Intonate a Guitar (or Bass)
Guitar Repair Tools Guide [Purchase List – 2020]
Thinking about repairing or modifying your own guitar? Interested in becoming a luthier? We can help you get started with this extensive tool list.
5 Effective Ways to Easily Sell Your Custom Guitars
A helpful guest article discussing some of the ways luthiers can market their custom built guitars, both online and offline.
Guitar Design Video – Adobe Illustrator
A video demonstration showing the complete process of drawing a guitar template in Adobe Illustrator.
JTB-II / Free CAD Files for an Original Guitar Model
A free CAD model set for an original guitar: the JTB-II.
How to Draw a Guitar Template – Adobe Illustrator
Learn how to draw a guitar template using Adobe Illustrator – for use in lutherie, CAD / CAM, and template making (Difficulty: Intermediate).
X-Carve + Fusion 360: Everything You Need is Here.
This is the only resource you need for connecting your X-Carve to Fusion 360. This guide includes a post-processor file, a complete Inventables toolset, and an easy to follow walkthrough to get you going quickly.
How to Model a Guitar – Fusion360
This walkthrough shows you how to model a complete guitar using Fusion360. The results can be carved with a CNC machine to produce a perfect instrument.
CNC Fretboard Modeling – Fusion 360
A walkthrough for the process of designing and modeling a flawless straight-radius fretboard in Fusion 360 for CNC machining.