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RhinoCAM® at Murchison Made Guitars

Murchison Made Guitars in New Prague, Minnesota uses RhinoCAM® to assist in the product of The Murchison, a 4^th generation acoustic guitar design.

Figure 1 – Bridge Design Toolpaths for The Murchison (by Murchison Made Guitars)

In the bridge design (shown in Figure 1 above), holes for positioning pins are first drilled into the bottom using a 2½ axis Deep Drill operation. In the same setup, a 25 foot radius is machined over the holes using a 3 axis Parallel Finishing operation. The part is then manually turned over and positioned on a fixture where the top also receives the same 25 foot radius. The final product is shown in Figure 2.

Figure 2 – The Murchison Final Production Piece

“My two CNC machines are the heartbeat of my shop! The ability to draw something in Rhino and quickly turn it into a toolpath as effectively and as simply as possible, to me, is priceless!” – Tanner Murchison of Murchison Made Guitars

For more information

• For more information about RhinoCAM® and other CAD, CAM and 3DPRINT solutions offered by MecSoft Corporation, you can visit their website at https://www.mecsoft.com.
• If you are interested in learning more about Murchison Made Guitars, LLC, and The Murchison acoustic guitar you can visit them on facebook.
• Check out our latest case study featuring Murchison Made Guitars on our case studies page.

Don LaCourse

Don LaCourse is an Application Engineer with MecSoft Corporation. Don brings over 20 years of experience in CAD/CAM operations in both automotive and mold design applications. Don also has extensive experience in documenting CAD/CAM products and is actively involved with writing the on-line help as well as creating training tutorials for MecSoft's products.