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Author:  WerkSpace [ Mon May 29, 2017 3:28 pm ]
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It's only a matter of time...
before the entire Chapman Stick can be 3D printed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18MrsJ0bjAY
Author:  Karma [ Mon May 29, 2017 6:07 pm ]
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jaap wrote:
Yes, I can share the CAD model, either as STEP (or similar) or as STL.
But I want to fix 2 little things first... Only while mounting it, I discovered that the 2 mounting holes were appr. 8 mm off. I had to drill 2 new holes in the Stick in order to fit it.
Besides that, I needed to enlarge the cable guide holes, there were more wires than I had calculated.
Keep an eye on this thread :-)


Fantastic. Thanks in advance.

Karma
Author:  jaap [ Mon May 29, 2017 10:35 pm ]
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3D printing is a young technique, and the cheap printers like the one that printed my housing are very slow. Printing the housing took 40 hours or so to print...
In my town there's an industrial printer that prints in metal, I'm deaming of designing a 6-string bass neck that would be printed in Titanium, and have an open, web-like structure, with the frets built in. For a nice tone, the structure would have to have the same bend flexibility and resonance frequency as a normal wooden neck (in 3D CAD you can do Finite Elements Analasys to predict this). The biggest obstacle for me is that metal printing costs around 30 Eurocent per gram. A neck would probably cost around 300 Euro to print, a bit much for a fun experiment...
Author:  Stringblender [ Tue May 30, 2017 1:03 pm ]
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3D printing really is the step we have between yesterday's manufacturing and Star Trek's replicators. It will be interesting to see the new musical instruments made when this becomes commonplace and 3D software is easier to use.
Author:  jaap [ Wed May 31, 2017 4:30 am ]
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For those who are looking for a good, easy to use 3D CAD program, you could try this one:
http://www.ptc.com/en/cad/elements-dire ... ng/express
It obviously has limitations compared to the paid version, but for 3D printer applications it's very good. It cannot export 3D files... except for STL files, which are the files needed by 3D printers.
Jaap
Author:  ToxiNN [ Thu Jun 01, 2017 11:04 am ]
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Excellent looking work dude, I'd love to grab a file to edit if you have one available, its been my dream since I bought my Stick to somehow get an EMG 81/85 pickup block. I feel like in a lot of ways the pickup is the most underdeveloped, under explored facet of the Stick as a whole, having a customizable 3D printed pickup design would open up so many doors to sound design and experimentation with the Stick.
Author:  Markussz [ Thu Jun 01, 2017 12:58 pm ]
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My vote is for two EMGs on each side, bass and melody.

Would it be possible for Stick Ent. to swap out the pickups on a Passive 4, replacing them with 4 EMG's? How much modifications would need to be done to make it happen?
Author:  jaap [ Thu Jun 01, 2017 1:44 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: 3D printed pickup housing
@ ToxiNN: I'll try and upload a STEP- and STL-file soon :-)
I have to disagree with you about the pickups that are available with the Stick, I believe that Emmett did a great job with all of them. I like the fact that they all give the Stick a good, distinct, balanced tone.

@Markussz: that would be a dramatic redisign, because the EMG's are much longer, and you would need to find space for the 9V battery. That's why the "bass side wing" of my housing is thicker.
Author:  Godsmonkey [ Fri Jun 02, 2017 5:36 am ]
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I love the idea of 3D printed pickup housings. As good as the Stick offerings sound, why should guitarists have all the fun with electronics?
Author:  WerkSpace [ Fri Jun 02, 2017 5:51 am ]
Post subject:  Re: 3D printed pickup housing
An alternative method for mass production,
would be to use an EDM machine to make molds
and then use plastic injection to make the final products.

It's the molds that cost the most in this process,
so if you are going to spend the time making parts,
why not make the molds instead? http://www.homebuiltedmmachines.com/
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