It is my first proper project and it has taken me a while to reach this stage and I'm sure my FreeCAD files contain numerous inefficiencies and school-boy errors nevertheless I am delighted with the result. I have machined several necks in cheap wood before getting to this stage and I am about to commit the design to moderately expensive maple.
The design is spread over three files, NeckMaster has the basic shapes along with partly formed head and heel. NeckBack links elements of the NeckMaster and develops the shaft and head and heal transitions to create the shape in the image above. The gcode is generated here for the back shaping. The last file, imaginatively named NeckOther links the NeckBack component, adds the truss rod slot and generates all the remaining gcode.
In the process of modelling, I suffered numerous frustrations from the topological naming problem. Making even a minor dimensional change often resulted in hours of corrective work. However, I cannot praise FreeCAD enough. It is simply remarkable.
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OS: Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (KDE/plasma)
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.21.0.31709 (Git) AppImage
Build type: Release
Branch: master
Hash: e188802ca6997d2564e7570ab648462e6a059f87
Python 3.10.8, Qt 5.15.6, Coin 4.0.0, Vtk 9.1.0, OCC 7.6.3
Locale: English/United Kingdom (en_GB)
Installed mods:
* Curves 0.6.5