Steel Guitar Builder

For anyone who needs the info. speeds and feeds. First I have to have a starting point on metal removal,= surface feet. For carbide, Aluminum surface feet should be somewhere between 1000 and 1500 for CRS about 350-500 RPM= surface feet x 3.82 / by cutter diameter. example three flute 1/2 carbide en...

if you've the capacity to do that, then go for it. sounds like it would look great. i got my stuff from ebay, nothing fancy. I'll try and post a pic if i get a chance. the only thing I am lacking is the dimensions which I guess I could take off the existing fretboard. The spacing of the "frets" etc...

watched the finger stops, looks like your speed and feeds are pretty good. Is the video real time? Are you using carbide endmills? How many flutes?

I could machine them out of aluminum and engrave them I guess. I could machine them, have them anodized a certain color, then engrave the frets and markers and they would stand out as silver against whatever color anodizing process was used.

I got some black and white vinyl and some fret position decals that i liked and made my own, which i took to a local sign-writer company who gladly scanned it and printed me a batch of 6. look great, if a little too shiny. time will tell i guess on that. food for thought though, no? well, don't hol...

doesn't have to be "authentic". As a matter of fact I cannot recall a fretboard on a PSG that I actually liked.

Is there anywhere to buy new fretboards or will I have to make them?

[/attachment] front apron someone painted black. After 1 sanding with100 grit.

Where do you live? You're welcome to come help me anytime! Just posted another vid, this time I'm making some thin aluminum parts on the router....probably won't do it that way again, but had to check it out. https://youtu.be/2ohNiY6laNA Have a great weekend and Happy Holidays!! I live on the east ...

Hi Ross, I just watched your latest video. I was wondering in your programming, the nesting application? Are there parameters to instead of telling it 14 pieces are needed, just to make as many as possible from the piece you have. In the video ( 3:13) where you show the suggested milling pattern se...