#0009 Guitar

Safety First: Ensure workspace is free of fire, electrical and other safety hazards. Be aware of all safety issues when cutting materials with a laser. Always have a fire extinguisher on hand
Power on the laser and all of its components.
Ensure that:
- The laser is powered and the boot up cycle begins on the screen.
- The cooling system is connected properly and water is flowing through the tube.
- The air compressor is powered and exhausting air to the laser head.
- The exhaust system is on and vented into a safe location.
Connect to RetinaEngrave 2.0 software using your machine’s touch screen to copy the software IP address into your favorite browser. The Wired IP address is displayed at the bottom of your touch screen.
Import your design and adjust power and speed settings. Double check settings including the number of passes and cut order.
Insert material into the laser bed. Use the focus tool to adjust to the top of the material. Focusing should be done each time a new material is introduced.
Use the “Perimeter” function to ensure that the file will fit within the cutting area. Adjust accordingly.
Run the job file. Do not leave a job running unattended.

Assemble
First you will want to paint, stain, and mark all the pieces of your guitar individually. Remember you can always use your laser and vector markings to make stencils and designs over your cuts.

Once all your pieces are how you want them you can glue the neck of the guitar to the body.

After the neck is in place you can glue the pickgaurd down to the body.

Then you can glue the pickups into the holes of the pickgaurd. These are double layered,stacked, and glued to give more dimension to the project.

There are several other double layered componants that will need to be stacked, glued, and set in place. With an exception of the knobs, all of these are very straight forward due to the vector markings of the project.

Moving onto the strings, first start by wraping the wire around the bottom tuning peg. Once wraped you will want to feed the wire though the closest hole from the back. Then you will want to run the wire down the front of the guitar stringing it through the corresponding hole. Finally bringing the wire up the back of the guitar and wrapping aroung the next tuning peg restarting the whole process. *NOTE* We used a single piece of wire that measured 24 ft.

If you pulled your strings too tight when stringing your guitar the neck will pull forward. To eliminate this you can use the shape below to bring the strings together and pull the neck back into place. This piece does not have to be glued in place and can actually be slid up and down to change the tension of the strings.