Hello everyone,
I am making some knee levers for a fender 800 and was wondering if it is okay to use aluminum for the cross shafts, and lever assemblies? or do I need to use steel?
These will (hopefully) be modern style fold down levers but will be pulling cable and pulley assemblies typical of fender cable pedal steels. I am modeling them after the levers on my Nash LTD. I intend to make four knee levers and have access to an excellent machine shop. Thanks for the help.
-Ben
aluminum cross shafts?
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Re: aluminum cross shafts?
Lotsa folks use Al cross shafts incl Marty Weenick, with decent support and bearings u shouldn't have any major probs....Stormy .....I think Martin told me he uses 6061 alloy, 3/8" square stock for his.
Re: aluminum cross shafts?
Ben, I use 3/8" Al cross shafts, as do many builders. Usually they are supported in the middle by a small round piece of plastic.
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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: aluminum cross shafts?
Aluminum is fine for a cross shaft ive used 1/2 inch dia on one build it works fine. Russ
Re: aluminum cross shafts?
Thanks for the answers everyone. Bent, really beautiful work there!
Re: aluminum cross shafts?
Ben, Thanks so much. Really appreciate it.
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.