Our laser in action

OilCityPickups

A shot of our CO2 gas laser cutting Tele bridge flatwork. 

We took the decision a while ago to produce all our flatwork 'in house' due to quality inconsistencies and limited varieties available for us to buy in. we are now able to custom cut our own designs as well as vintage correct ones ... making us self sufficient and flexible, able to design 7 and eight string variants easily. It was a steep learning curve, but we got there. We also supply parts to other UK pickup makers these days. Lasers rock!

monquixote

Awesome.

Lasers are cool.

Alnico

Ash,

With all the recent new equipment it must be an incredible feeling to be so self sufficient and also now with room for creativity.

Well done and good luck.

normula1

Very cool

digitalscream

Frankly, I'm amazed that @Sporky isn't already all over this.

DiscoStu

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FelineGuitars

What are you going to do with all the dots that are left over?

Leo Fender would have used them for dot inlay markers

Sporky

digitalscream said:

Frankly, I'm amazed that @Sporky isn't already all over this.

I'm torn between "LASERS ARE AWESOME! >:D<" and "WHY DOES SPORKY NOT HAVE LASER? :-<"

Looks like Ash is making better use of it than I ever would!

OilCityPickups

FelineGuitars said:

What are you going to do with all the dots that are left over?

Leo Fender would have used them for dot inlay markers

They would actually do a treat for that ... the grey ones would make good fake 'clay dots'

Sporky said:

digitalscream said:

Frankly, I'm amazed that @Sporky isn't already all over this.

I'm torn between "LASERS ARE AWESOME! >:D<" and "WHY DOES SPORKY NOT HAVE LASER? :-<"

Looks like Ash is making better use of it than I ever would!

Using the machine has a super steep learning curve, and it was a huge financial investment for one bit of kit, but it is a total 'Swiss army knife in the workshop ... I am constantly finding new uses for it. Making flatwork is just one facet, it can slice up packing foam, make rubber gaskets, engrave packaging, make cutting templates for the router, make tools and jigs ... the only limit is my time in drawing new programs for it. It will even make fancy engraved perspex 'speed picks' :-)

WezV

TheGuitarWeasel said:

FelineGuitars said:

What are you going to do with all the dots that are left over?

Leo Fender would have used them for dot inlay markers

They would actually do a treat for that ... the grey ones would make good fake 'clay dots'

When I was researching clay dots there was some suggestions that's exactly what Fender did.   They were wrong, but it should work quite well for the original greyish clay colour.   Not so sure it will absorb dirt and wood oils like a proper dot does, but neither do the Callahan clay dots 

ennspek

Pew Pew

OilCityPickups

WezV said:

TheGuitarWeasel said:

FelineGuitars said:

What are you going to do with all the dots that are left over?

Leo Fender would have used them for dot inlay markers

They would actually do a treat for that ... the grey ones would make good fake 'clay dots'

When I was researching clay dots there was some suggestions that's exactly what Fender did.   They were wrong, but it should work quite well for the original greyish clay colour.   Not so sure it will absorb dirt and wood oils like a proper dot does, but neither do the Callahan clay dots 

Some tinted stain would work well on them, it's basically compressed paper and resin. If folks want specific diameters I can run em off to order. Or our scrap 4.87 mm or 2mm by the bagful for postage.