Steel Guitar Builder

HI Bent,
I like this press idea. An idea for the screw you are looking for might be something like this.
http://veritastools.com/Products/Page.aspx?p=161
http://veritastools.com/Products/Page.aspx?p=133


Dave

Nothing to mess around with for sure, heed the waring signs and get medical attention fast, sure glad you did, would miss your keen eye and detailed analysis and incorrigible curmudgeon ways. wishing you a speedy and complete recovery.
Dave

yup, that's the way their supposed to sound. Nicely done all around, keep up the good work Pat.

Thanks for posting the tune. Blue sounds as good as she looks.
Move over Sho-Bud, Emmons & MSA, there's a new sheriff in town- his name is "BenRom"

A little more practice and Paul Franklin will be looking for a job.

Can't wait for the u-tube video/audio.

Yaaaa I'll pass on the swim shorts. maybe just leave the marketing as is

Awesome job Bent! Love the changer end, the wood grain, the color, every thing about it. If I can do half as good i'll be ecstatic. Your inspirational. I'm anxious to hear what if any the new changer/pup housing does for Tone, Sustain, Body drop. A marketing suggestion, get rid of the dude in the ph...

Bent, I would definitely try to talk him/her into it. Makes it a unique one of a kind.
As my wood carving Uncle said about the Cigar Store Indian, "they are more beloved for their flaws than their perfection".
The BenRom Lightning Bolt?

Hay guys, Sorry Bent, didn't mean to steel your thread, this is about Steel Project #4 and not Dave's Steel #1. It's great when you can try a new method and still be able to reverse it if you don't like it. The idea of a 1/4" plate would not be easily reversed, I would rout out the wood plate to mai...

yes, a couple thoughts but not very elegant I'm afraid. some type of jamb nut on the Z spindle, perhaps at the bottom or at the top which ever gives better access. after turning to desired height turn nut to lock against router carriage. or maybe the jamb nut could tighten to the bottom of your uppe...

Georg-Bent-Richard or anyone else, I have much appreciated the discussions and thoughts on body drop and possible causes/fixes of this detuning phenomenon. With out those post I would have known nothing about it or even been looking for it in the first place. Bent, I am guessing that you also have s...