Steel Guitar Builder

I find that motor shaft round stock from McMaster-Carr works great ,polished, hardened,chromed, if the nitride coating came in smaller dia. it would be superb......u ain't gonna wear out a nitrided shaft.... and comes in pretty tight tolerances too (.003" per foot runout) I think.....Stormy

Rite u are Paul......pix for Dave to drool at hehehe. I have Hep C so I quit drinking, but I used to be a major beer drinker til 03 when I was diagnosed. I've pretty much been an old hippy pothead since my 20's .....finally I'm legal tho....

:) Thanks again for the kind words Paul. I have been paying prolly 15$-25$ per b/f for most of the Maple I have bought, here are the two suppliers I use pretty exclusively..[url]http:\www.curlymaple.com[/url] ..Paul Taran, and [url]http:\www.curlymaplewood.com[/url]...Kevin Koski. Unfortunately I'm ...

WHOA!! comin from someone whose work I consider stunning (esp inlay) , I'm almost embarassed.....but thank you greatly Dave, you've made my day.....hell my whole month!!!!....Stormy

Big ditto that Paul....Stormy

Thanks Paul, I was tryin to come up with the green of my first S/B Pro II so I just poured stuff together till it looked close. Errrrr I actually have a prescription for the pot (woot!!). Lotta help and encouragement from Bent and Martin, Fred turned me on to Dale Tenney since Fred, and Gary Rittenb...

After having DTE (Dale Tenney Enterprises) cnc some parts while I was loafing around on pain meds, muscle relaxers, and pot,(broke my wrist and had pins in it until Jan) this is where I am now.. _1010131.JPG _1010131.JPG .....btw mucho thx to my friends and mentors, Bent R, Martin W, Fred Justice, a...

That looks exactly like the 10" Rikon I got from Sears. I t is a nice saw and quite cheap. Thx all for the blade tips on this thread....Stormy