motivation

Since I didn't want to flip mill my large slab of wood, I decided to use non-computer-controlled (how not millenial!) bridgeport mill to cut out a small pocket for the circuit board to sit on the neck.

After fixturing your piece to the bed, you can manually move the bed in x, y, and z to control where the bit mills.

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After fixturing my piece, I got going!

I used a 1/2-inch flat-end bit. Using a manual machine, where I had to be very up close and personal, made it very apparent how the direction of rotation and feeds/speeds affected the piece. I noticed moving fast against the grain of the wood would cause it to splinter.

The neck took me about half an hour to mill away.

While my piece was fixtured, I also decided to cut out a larger pocket on the back of the ukulele. I was hoping this would reduce the weight a little bit and give a little bit more room for accessory circuit boards. This took even longer - maybe an hour and a half to mill out a 1.75x10x1.5" box.

I should have done the math to see how much weight this would remove from the piece - even after, it's still extremely heavy...

There's now a nice little pocket in which I can stick my board!