Steel Guitar Builder

Yes, please keep 'em coming!

Let us know if you come up with something. I'd be interested just out of curiosity.

b0b wrote:You have made the correct choice.

Thanks for the confirmation, Bob.

24 1/4"

The problem you have brings to mind a "push latch" or "push catch" but I'm struggling to think of how to incorporate one. If you look at videos of how they are used, you can see the door or drawer pushes the plunger into the housing when it is closed. The plunger latches in the closed position. When...

Appreciate the input, Jason. I have been looking on bOb.com at the copedents he has listed. Emmons looks like this on that site: Emmons Copedent.PNG @Jason: Note that he shows the E-changes both on the left knee. Have you just swapped it around so that those changes are split between knees? Also, th...

Thanks Ron. E9th is definitely the direction I want to go. I should have mentioned that. It was narrowing down the vast number of E9th copedents out there that was twisting my brain. You've done that. I'll compare the two you suggested, and just pick one and go with it for now. If I can build this g...

Now that I have settled on a changer design I am starting to look at the levers, pedals, rods, bell cranks etc. But before I can do that I obviously must settle on what copedent I will implement. So, given that I am a complete novice with respect to the PSG, what copedent should I go with? I think I...

Ahhh. Of course. So it is spring loaded so you "feel" when it first contacts the plunger and know you are at the half-stop, then you push a little harder to compress the plunger to go a full stop?

Ron, I've been studying photos you've posted of your previous builds. They are a great source of information as you've documented so much with them. However, I can't for the life of me figure out what the little device is circled in the following copy of one of your photos.