Bent my friend, THEY ARE SWEET! you put us to shame. GOOD SOLID CRAFTMANS SHIP.
Dave.
Steel Project #4
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Sheffield D10 9+8, Bradshaw WEBB 614-E, Sheffield stainless steel tone bars, Hilton electronic volume pedal, Pro-Fex 2, BOSS DD3
- Pat Comeau
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Bent!...i like the pedal design .
well done my friend
Pat C.
well done my friend
Pat C.
Click the links to listen to my Comeau's pedal steel guitars
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Thanks Pat
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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.
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Well, here go the changer fingers. a couple of pics here and the rest can be found on http://s389.photobucket.com/albums/oo33 ... ct%20%204/ to save Larry some bandwidth.
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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.
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...and here is the finished gold... um .. brass finger before chrome plating. Almost too pretty for plating isn't 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.
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Finally got some fixtures made to mill the raise and lower scissors. Had a tough time figuring them out. Now when I finally get them made they really are the simplest little things and now I can't understand what I was worried about.
When done on the mill, there is just a little sanding to do on the disk sander for the lowering scissors. And for the round part on top of the raise scissors, they get that done in the finger-rounding jig. Works great. Then de-burring and bend the rod pullers and voila it's done!
Lowers: Raises:
When done on the mill, there is just a little sanding to do on the disk sander for the lowering scissors. And for the round part on top of the raise scissors, they get that done in the finger-rounding jig. Works great. Then de-burring and bend the rod pullers and voila it's done!
Lowers: Raises:
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.
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Stack um, and do a bunch at a time, good idea..Hmmmmm. I like the disposable vise jaws with the groove/cutout for holding parts. Making a fixture for machining multiple part is well worth the effort.
FWIW.......If you ever buy a tool box from a retired machinist, never,ever throw away any of those funky looking "thingys" that you find in there, they were for a purpose, you may never use any of them...but you never know.
Lookin good Bro.
FWIW.......If you ever buy a tool box from a retired machinist, never,ever throw away any of those funky looking "thingys" that you find in there, they were for a purpose, you may never use any of them...but you never know.
Lookin good Bro.
Bill Ford
Steeling For Jesus now
S12,CLR..S12MSA"The Universal" both Ext,E9..misc amps and toys.
Steeling For Jesus now
S12,CLR..S12MSA"The Universal" both Ext,E9..misc amps and toys.
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Bent, proud of you my friend, I told you to think on it for a little bit, and you would figure it out. The more you do it the easier it gets. I found if making more than 2 or 3 of the same thing the jig is the way to go. Besides they look more professional. It may take a little time, but I think it is worth it....
Mike
Mike
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Bent,
There's a small design fault in the finger that you should rectify before you assemble the steel.
There is a slight bend (arrowed) that should be smoothed out, to eliminate the possibility of string breakage.
It needs to be blended in to the radius, so that the string does not go over an abrupt angle.
There's a small design fault in the finger that you should rectify before you assemble the steel.
There is a slight bend (arrowed) that should be smoothed out, to eliminate the possibility of string breakage.
It needs to be blended in to the radius, so that the string does not go over an abrupt angle.
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Burt, I'll be sure to check with all the string gauges and take your suggestion in to consideration. Right now, when I try with an .011 it seems the exit hole is in the correct position to make it a gentle transition form hole to rounding. If I see a problem, it sure won't take much filing to eliminate this.
Thanks.
Thanks.
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.