Hey everyone, wondering what exactly is separating the onefinity from a PLEK machine. In theory, couldn’t the onefinity do the same work but maybe at a slightly lower accuracy? Am I going to the be the test here?
I mean I just looked at the design of the PLEK ( ive never heard of it. They look completely different.
PLEK looks to be just for guitars. the onefiineity. is for a bunch of stuff.
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Well the difference would be the incredible price of the PLEK compared to the onefinity which I already have… so if a coffee machine cost me a few hundred thousand and a dishwasher was around $2-4k… I might learn how to make coffee in my dishwasher.
That being said, yes its ridiculous… until someone makes an easy to follow software that gets it done.
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I bet the dishwasher could get hot enough to make a cup of coffee.
No are we replacing the sprayers with blades so it can grind before it brews?
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So, it seems to me one of the biggest issues is that the rotation of the CNC tool is 90 degrees relative to the rotation of a tool in the PLEK. The PLEK grinds the height of the fret and rounds over the top of the fret at the same time. With a CNC, you could change the height of the frets, but they’d be flat on top. You’d then need to go through the normal luthier steps of rounding over and polishing the frets. In effect, the CNC process would replace a basic level sanding with a sanding beam.
I guess in theory if you had a metal cutting ballnose bit of some kind, you could do something like a 3D carve on the profiles of the frets. But with a radiused fingerboard and having to compensate for any positive or negative curvature in the neck, how you’d get frets in the perfect place in 3 axis space relative to where the tip of the endmill would travel seems to be a pretty ask.
In the end, your success wouldn’t be measured by how close you’d get to the PLEK, but how much better result you’d get vs normal fret leveling procedures.
Just some thoughts. Boundaries are meant to be pushed, so let the forum know if you make it work.
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Brilliant idea! I think the large bags I have for steeping iced tea would be sufficient size for a dishwasher.
First, my hot water heater is set to the max 140 F. Second, dishwashers have heating elements that get over 155 F, and third, who cares…I just need to worry about getting a dishwasher-size coffee mug. Or perhaps a straw or food safe silicone tube for proper ingestion.
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The restaurant I worked in used to defrost their soup in the dishwasher
If you load your new coffee maker with the mug right side up by the time its done brewing, they’ll already be filled. Youll have 12 cups ready to go as soon as its done, no more stains on the counter.
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