Steel Guitar Builder

Hey sorry Xavier I havnt been on in awhile, i think it was 5/8 because its the only router bit I had or could find with the straight shape I needed . But I'll double check for you.

Thanks for the comments guys! I've been testing some finishes on scraps the last day or two, hopfully I'll have it sprayed here soon

I got the fret board glued on, and a lot of the shaping and sanding finished up http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa312/00amunet00/D74EAB9A-B1F3-4A51-996F-AEC9899F1726-2259-00000174446DDD5C_zps043ffb8a.jpg http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa312/00amunet00/0DD9BDB2-C80E-4B1B-A58B-29D808207E59-2259...

Judging by your last build I don't think your going to have a problem, everything I've seen on wood bending latly seems to be with a press using a heat 'blanket' made specifically for bending guitar sides. You could make the press I'm not sure what one of the heat blankets would run you. I bent the ...

Got my tuner holes drilled, they came out a bit rough but the washers inside cover any tear out up http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa312/00amunet00/72845FA8-D490-4BBF-87C1-966FB28F4069-1864-000000E54676A71B_zps7ffeea87.jpg And made up a bridge http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa312/00amunet00/9...

Thanks again Ron! I'm pretty excited with this one. I was looking through the pictures of your pedal steel build, amazing. I have a milling machine but I'm pretty far off from trying to figure out anything like that. It looks pretty technical. On a side note,.. I'm sure alot of you guys are thinking...

Had a good night tonight, I was dreading routering those slots but it turned out ok in the end. I think most of my time was spent staring at it trying to figure out how I was even going to do it! So with the help of some jigs I managed to get them done. http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa312/00amu...

When you say 2 boards, I'm assuming your going to be gluing them together.,? I was just wondering what you meant by the top board doing all the work and if 3/4 would handle the string tention. I would think an overall thickness of 1-1/2 would be ok.. 2-1/2 would be preety heavy duty. I'm far from so...

Thanks Ron! I have to router the slots for the machine heads/tuners now soon,. I'm scared to death for that part.

Guess I did have time Here's the guitar builder, Andrew Winton is one of the guys that plays one of these.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq2VpnD0CMs