Don ....Home Spun Dobro Cone
Don ....Home Spun Dobro Cone
Here's some photos of my prototype cone (interestingly enough when I clamped it onto my lapsteel (electric) it made the sound a bit louder without plugging it in).
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- Partial photo: body, keyless tuners, spider, cone, maple bridge
- Acoustic Tuners.JPG (76.55 KiB) Viewed 3494 times
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- COne prototype including hollowed out form (sound well)
- Acsteel Cone.jpg (141.28 KiB) Viewed 3494 times
Music is what feelings sound like!
Eldon
Eldon
Re: Don ....Home Spun Dobro Cone
Eldon, is there anything you can't make there? If I send you over an old cookie tin will you make me a snow mobile please?
Amazing!!!
Regards, Allan.....
Amazing!!!
Regards, Allan.....
Only nuts eat squirrels.
Keep yer tools sharp! That way you can use more of your strength guiding them AWAY from your body rather than forcing the cut!!!
Keep yer tools sharp! That way you can use more of your strength guiding them AWAY from your body rather than forcing the cut!!!
Re: Don ....Home Spun Dobro Cone
Allan, I've been trying my darndest to figure out your snowmobile but it's not coming yet ............
Seriously, the inspiration for my acoustic was from Roy Thompson in Nova Scotia. He had it featured as an article in te now defunct Steel Guitar World Magazine. We emailed a bit while I was building it and he was most gracious with his help.
Seriously, the inspiration for my acoustic was from Roy Thompson in Nova Scotia. He had it featured as an article in te now defunct Steel Guitar World Magazine. We emailed a bit while I was building it and he was most gracious with his help.
Music is what feelings sound like!
Eldon
Eldon
Re: Don ....Home Spun Dobro Cone
Here's a photo of Roy's acoustic steel.
Music is what feelings sound like!
Eldon
Eldon
Re: Don ....Home Spun Dobro Cone
Eldon, you "spun" that one yourself? Quite a trick to that ain't it? I seen it on How It's Made, how they spin the cone for a trumpet and that don't look easy at all!
Details, if you have the time, please...
Details, if you have the time, please...
http://benrom.com/
21 BenRom pedal steel guitars, a Nash 112 and a 1967 TOS Milling machine with many cutters making one hell of a mess on the floor.
21 BenRom pedal steel guitars, a Nash 112 and a 1967 TOS Milling machine with many cutters making one hell of a mess on the floor.
Re: Don ....Home Spun Dobro Cone
Bent, I have to sit down and think about the process and post details ASAP. Our group is a bit busy with christmas gigs for now plus all the fooflaw te season brings. I don't have an more photos but there was a website that I found where a guy was also spinning his own.
Music is what feelings sound like!
Eldon
Eldon
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Re: Don ....Home Spun Dobro Cone
Well,
I'm impressed!
I'd love to hear that thing sing.
I'm impressed!
I'd love to hear that thing sing.
Re: Don ....Home Spun Dobro Cone
How I DId It.
My “acoustic steel” was pretty much made from items I had on hand.
I based everything around a 12 inch aluminum pulley it became a 11.5 inch spider.
Cone Spinning Steps to go with diagram
1.) Glue up a piece of white birch 2.5 inches thick 12.5 inches in diameter.
2.) Attach to faceplate, true up outside diameter and face or work piece.
3.) Turn out 3/8 * 1/8 inch space for rim of cone.
4.) Hollow out profile of cone
5.) Attach 14 gauge aluminum flashing flat to the face of the form spaces every every 1.5 inches
6.) Adjust lathe speed to slowest you have (you can do a lot of things safely if you take it cool and go slow.
7.) Use a ¼ inch piece of hardwood and gently start pushing the flashing to conform to the shape of the form
8.) For the large surface areas I used a ½ in hardwood dowel rounded on the end to do the shaping
9.) Once the cone is spun gently score the cone to mark it @ 11.25 inches in diam
10.) Remove the spun cone and trim the excess with a sharp box cutter.
11.)Hollow out the rest of the form and you have a ¼ inch birch sound well for the project.
Much of this is from memory, I trust this serves the purpose.
The keywords are slowly and carefully – you want to play the thing once it’s done.
If there are any questions or comments – fire away.
My “acoustic steel” was pretty much made from items I had on hand.
I based everything around a 12 inch aluminum pulley it became a 11.5 inch spider.
Cone Spinning Steps to go with diagram
1.) Glue up a piece of white birch 2.5 inches thick 12.5 inches in diameter.
2.) Attach to faceplate, true up outside diameter and face or work piece.
3.) Turn out 3/8 * 1/8 inch space for rim of cone.
4.) Hollow out profile of cone
5.) Attach 14 gauge aluminum flashing flat to the face of the form spaces every every 1.5 inches
6.) Adjust lathe speed to slowest you have (you can do a lot of things safely if you take it cool and go slow.
7.) Use a ¼ inch piece of hardwood and gently start pushing the flashing to conform to the shape of the form
8.) For the large surface areas I used a ½ in hardwood dowel rounded on the end to do the shaping
9.) Once the cone is spun gently score the cone to mark it @ 11.25 inches in diam
10.) Remove the spun cone and trim the excess with a sharp box cutter.
11.)Hollow out the rest of the form and you have a ¼ inch birch sound well for the project.
Much of this is from memory, I trust this serves the purpose.
The keywords are slowly and carefully – you want to play the thing once it’s done.
If there are any questions or comments – fire away.
Music is what feelings sound like!
Eldon
Eldon
Re: Don ....Home Spun Dobro Cone
I had just listened to Roy Thompson playing his "chicken song" on a simular guitar.
They sound great,great work in building your own.
Regards
PELEKONA
They sound great,great work in building your own.
Regards
PELEKONA