| Author |
Topic: Making Knobs |
Les Ford
From:
British Columbia, Canada
|
|
|
 |
Joe Bill Moad
From:
Oklahoma
|
Posted 15 Nov 2024 11:38 am |
|
Great vision utilizing your skills to make do!
Great Job!
Jbm
_________________
Don’t Worry About The Mule! Load The Wagon! |
|
|
|
Ross Shafer
From:
Petaluma, California
|
Posted 19 Nov 2024 6:23 pm
|
|
| those look bitchin'! I gotta get some of that rod. |
|
|
|
Les Ford
From:
British Columbia, Canada
|
Posted 20 Nov 2024 1:43 pm
|
|
Hey Ross,
It comes in 3/4 x 6 inch blocks. I was able to get four out of a stick and I got half a dozen different sticks because I didn't know how they would look when I turned them.
Only one stick turned out to be too garish for me so I used it for tests.
I'd like to find bigger ones to be able to make them with flanges like witch hats.
They buff up real nice with rubbing compound.
 |
|
|
|
J D Sauser
From:
Wellington, Florida
|
Posted 20 Nov 2024 6:39 pm
|
|
GORGEOUS!... but do they SOUND GOOD?  
... J-D.
_________________
__________________________________________________________
Was it JFK who said: Ask Not What TAB Can Do For You - Rather Ask Yourself "What Would B.B. King Do?"
A Little Mental Health Warning:
Tablature KILLS SKILLS.
The uses of Tablature is addictive and has been linked to reduced musical fertility.
Those who produce Tablature did never use it.
I say it humorously, but I mean it. |
|
|
|
Per Berner
From:
Skovde, Sweden
|
Posted 20 Nov 2024 10:38 pm
|
|
| SInce the diameter is just about right, do you need a lathe, or could you round them off in a drill press? Or are the sticks square? |
|
|
|
Les Ford
From:
British Columbia, Canada
|
Posted 20 Nov 2024 11:01 pm
|
|
| I'd definitely want to use a lathe. They have to be drilled and counter sunk for the hex nut for the pot shaft. Turning the dowl out of the square stick and parting the knobs off would also be hard on a drill press. |
|
|
|
Ross Shafer
From:
Petaluma, California
|
Posted 22 Nov 2024 7:49 am
|
|
| Turning these on a drill press would be dangerous as well. Drill presses are not intended to take side loads while cutting. They are for plunging only. Side cutting on a drill press can result in a chuck flying into your face….the chuck always wins this one! |
|
|
|
J D Sauser
From:
Wellington, Florida
|
Posted 22 Nov 2024 8:26 am
|
|
Rickenbacher went to thru-the-body string attach (holes drilled into the end of the bakelite bodies) to an end-piece attach because they cracked too many bakelite bodies in the drilling process.
Drills are not gentle nor precise tools, they tend to accumulate shavings on their outer perimeter, which can lead to expansion pressure.
Drilling on a lathe will not solve that, but cutting will... but then, it's an awfully small diameter to machine.
"Drilling" with an milling end-bit, maybe... AFTER making room for the center with a center drill, since mill end-bits don't cut in the center?
... J-D
_________________
__________________________________________________________
Was it JFK who said: Ask Not What TAB Can Do For You - Rather Ask Yourself "What Would B.B. King Do?"
A Little Mental Health Warning:
Tablature KILLS SKILLS.
The uses of Tablature is addictive and has been linked to reduced musical fertility.
Those who produce Tablature did never use it.
I say it humorously, but I mean it. |
|
|
|
