Steel Guitar Builder

HI Guys ! Here's a great way to build a beautiful, and extremely accurate fretboard.I used this method, on My home built S-10 , and to rework,a an old D-10 Sho-Bud. I posted this elsewhere,on the forum, but here goes, again. Go to Steward MacDonald's website (WWW.stewmac.com and order a sheet of 5pl...

Hi! I'm a retired machinist of 43 years in the trade, and have a metal lathe and small Bridgeport type mill, at home.Turning the ends of a square shaft, is very simple. Of course, a 4 jaw lathe chuck is the simple solution, but if you only have a 3 jaw chuck, here's a easy solution, that works great...

Here's a tip for a beautiful fretboard, for your steels.I've made several of these. Go to http://www.stewmac.com, and purchase a sheet of multi- layered ,pickguard material. $13.90 Black, white, black, white, black. plus shipping. 12", by 20" enough for, three fretboards. You can also give Steward M...