Steel Guitar Builder

Just a quick thing that no one has mentioned up to now. The thread for an application like this is not going to be used to tighten anything - it is used as a 'mover'. For that reason, it needs to be a 'square' thread so that it doesn't tighten up as it starts to apply force to the cutting tool. A co...

Storm Rosson wrote: Dave ....yer killin me here bro, everything you have done , that I've seen, is AWESOME........btw have you ever thought about adopting an old ugly bass player ..

If so, would you please consider a second one also? Pretty please.....

Quilted maple is my very favourite of that family and that looks like a nice piece there. Did you ever see what is sometimes called tiger quilting? It has all the effects of quilted maple but it is slightly less random in appearance.

I used these things last build - total success...

No 'exception' to take Richard - I think your application is covered in my last paragraph.

As you say, it is all in the chase - the journey is often way better than the arrival - Oh Yeah!

Regards, Allan.....

what about just carpenter glue? :roll: . That would be way better but would still need huge pressure to bond properly. Just for the sake of numbers consider this: A piece 10" by 30" would give 300 square inches. At, say, 10 pounds per square inch of pressure you would need to apply a total of 3000 ...

I was thinking :roll: ...how about a 1/8" maple veneer and laminate 6 layers together with contact cement for a 3/4" thick :? ?...it would be alot cheaper to buy a 4'x8' sheet and you could probabably make a few out of a sheet! any thought on that? :) I have read that glue does something to dampen ...

Here you are Dave. Is that what you mean? http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Hardware,_p ... rules.html

Pat, I can't improve on what Bent said - looks like total perfection to me. I'm not big on the Formica thing either but that build of yours comes as close as I have ever been to changing my attitude. That is really nice looking - the color is just so nice. Very well done - again. Regards, Allan.....

Nice work. I would be interested in the tunings etc for those six stringers if you don't mind.