Hi all,
After posting I ran a search and found that this question had been asked/answered just recently. I'll know to look first, ask second next time! Sorry about that.
Bent, everything you mentioned makes perfect sense to me. I've found several pictures of fingers and I'll start measuring and drawing right away. I think I was hoping for an easy place to start.
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I'm not a CAD guy, although I can see how that would be a good thing to learn for designing.
Storm, if you do get the chance to measure those Sho-Bud fingers I'd sure appreciate it. It would give me a good starting point, and something to compare with while I work out the rest of the measurements.
Richard, I agree that the fingers are the starting point that all other measurements, angles and such should work from. Unfortunately for me, I've already got the body, so I'm gonna have to make everything fit to it. Its an old guitar, of Sho-Bud design (even has the gumby keyhead), and everything in it was rusted and broken. I've never seen the likes of the fingers before, they're terrible! But the body is beautiful, made of maple and cocobolo woods. So my plan is to modernize it.
I do have a couple more questions for y'all, if you don't mind? Which is a better Changer... Wraparound, or the riveted type, and why? Also, how are you guys getting those nicely bent angles on the raise and lower fingers? I've just used a hammer and vice, but they don't turn out looking nearly as good.
Thank you, everyone for the help! The brains and ability found on this forum is truly amazing!
Jeffrey