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Liam Sullins


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Post  Posted 24 Feb 2021 5:29 pm    
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I've had this question for a while, how did Sho Bud and Emmons make their changers? I wouldn't think CNC would be around at that time. So how did they do it?
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Kelcey ONeil


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Post  Posted 24 Feb 2021 11:19 pm    
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Liam,
You’re correct, CNC was not in the picture at the time. They would have been profiled with a jig or forming tool, with a jig for boring the holes as well. Some parts would have had a fixture on a milling machine, with the depth of the mill and the travel of the table set particularly, so that each part was the same.
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Kevin Horn


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Post  Posted 25 Feb 2021 3:04 am    
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To add to Liam's question, when did CNC become the "norm" in making changers and who led the way?
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John Sluszny

 

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Brussels, Belgium
Post  Posted 25 Feb 2021 9:39 am    
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CNC ??????? Thanks !
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John Sluszny

 

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Post  Posted 25 Feb 2021 9:50 am    
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OK, got it !
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Fred Justice


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Post  Posted 25 Feb 2021 10:18 am    
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I'm thinking stamping out the raise and lower bars might have entered into the process at one point or another.
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Chance Wilson


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Post  Posted 25 Feb 2021 1:22 pm    
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Some of the cast aluminum bits were just ground, polished & drilled. Hartley Peavey started making CNC Spanish guitars in 1977.
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Russ Wever

 

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Post  Posted 5 Mar 2021 12:44 am    
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In production work, punch-tape
for numerically-controlled
machining preceeded CNC.
~> click
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Johnie King


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Post  Posted 5 Mar 2021 11:23 am    
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Ross Shaffer has a lot of good videos on YouTube on how he builds the new Sierra steel.
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Ian Rae


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Post  Posted 5 Mar 2021 5:07 pm    
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So he does, especially the one where he baths the hogs. But I think the question is more about how Shot Jackson made his.
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