Ross Shafer - fixerupper

[Bent]

Just wanted to let you all know about Ross Shafer's talents
http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=200350

Tell us about it Ross...Did you make a whole new nut or weld on a piece of spacer? In any event, the repair job looks great!
You must have run it by the buffer as well....

[Ross Shafer]

the hardest part was getting the weld blob in there without the adjacent "fins" (about .040", 1mm thick) turning into a molten mess....that would've added a lot of extra work to the job! As you can see in the pic, one of the pointy tips on an adjacent ear burned back a bit..

I laid in the weld, machined the slots on either side of the blob the milled the front and rear of the repaired fin to match the profile of the others. I didn't have .093 ball end mill and was too impatient to order one and wait so using the other roller axle slots as a guide I very carefully drilled thru the repaired fin from the side, milled off the top, gave it a file stroke or two and sanded it with 60, 100, 220, and 400.

way more fun than the sheep fencing work I was playing hookey from

[Bent]

That's so cool! Imagine the power we have with a welder and a mill.

[Farmer]

Ross, good job, when it comes to welding aluminum, in this case, it was very touchy......Mike

[Stu Schulman]

Ross was kind enough to repair my Blanton keyhead,it looked absolutely brand new when he got finished.