starting another steel

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azureskys
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Jason , thank you
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Ah Jason,I don't see why you should feel you have to apologise? I can only help out where I can, my machine facilities are pretty limited I'm afraid, most parts of a steel are pretty simple and don't take much time, but others are a fairly lengthy procedure unless you have the availability of CNC.
I've thought about converting my little mill to CNC but justifying it is another matter. :lol: :lol:
This is the little mill I have and is quite inexpensive http://www.warco.co.uk/milling-machines ... chine.html

Best regards Ron Mc.
azureskys
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Here are some parts bell cranks legs brackets cross rods changer fingers etc etc . still more to make , I got some stainless 1/8 inch rods for the pull rods and some 1 inch by 3/8 inch for the knee levers , enjoy and thanks for looking comments welcome Russ
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azureskys
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Got some magnets also , ceramic mags that is they look really nice no chips or flaws , the bobbin in the pic i made a few years ago ill use it for now , this will be my first pickup , Im using 41 or 42 wire for the pickup . :)
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That's looking really really nice, Russ.
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Thats looking really great Russ, and judging by that lot, you would have no problem making an 'all pull' changer.
azureskys
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Thank you ,Ron , Jason . I was thinking maybe i should go with aluminum pillow blocks , it just might look better once all polished and detailed , we ll see . Im also working on a keyless tuner , not necesserly for this guitar but more to come , kinda like based on a design that Sierra had on their Crown series guitars , similar to it . I like the keyless look , The shorter body and compact size is cool i think .Sometimes your original plan does some changing during the process of building the thing, a pic of the pulling fingers for the tuner , i tried several different angles and designs for the fingers and i think this might work pretty good . They still need holes drilled and some tapped and finished to look good fingers are 3/8 thick and im going to use a 1/2 inch shaft so there will be no flexing , probly all future builds will be a 3/8 string spacing from nut to bridge for simplicity and convience sake , once again this tuner is not for this build ( for future builds ) thanks again for looking . Russ
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Sometimes your original plan does some changing during the process of building the thing,
Russ, all my life has been involved in engineering, I have been 'Design and Development engineer' 'Manager R & D Engineering' and I can honestly say that the designs started life as drawings on a 'cigarette packet', continued onto the board, and in the process of creating, bore a slight resemblance to the idea in the first place.

It is all really based on 'guesswork', and at times, not a very 'educated' guess, so keep 'plugging' away my friend and put it all down to 'engineering mods' and development. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
azureskys
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This is a keyless guitar im expermenting with and if it works out ill do it in a 10 string format , Ill get some more pic s .
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Im using aluminum tubing for the legs mounted to a heavy aluminum block or bracket on each corner kinda looks like the sierra guitar anyway thats where i got the idea , each will have an insert for the foot and for the bracket or block , using a 1/2 inch set screw to hold them in place and 3/8 stainless bolts will hold then to the cabinet . I like Sierra guitars the Crown series with the legs outside the cabinet , I guess everyone has their likes and not likes lol. I still need to fix that switch on my lathe before i can get the legs finished the inserts need turned down to fit inside the tubing , tubing is 1 inch OD .There is a left and right side , front and back will be same as the front . I try to get a little something done every day , if its not raining its 100 degrees outside and me and the heat dont get along very well , anyways comments are welcome and thanks for looking Russ :) (after doing some work on the leg mounts i think they look alot better more of a finished look )
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