Homemade Hardware

[dr_zaius]

Originally Posted by celeste

That's a pretty interesting strat body. Ive never worked with bronze. How hard is it to manipulate?

[garw]

Yes, aluminium is great
the best tool for cuting aluminium with max precision



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some non finished work



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[garw]

Great work up there. Please can someone explain me what FLITZ is. I used to do polish but after day or two it disapears.

[garw]

This photo session was made quick. Some of this is dangerous, so use extra tools - do not hold it in your hand

finish screw box - 5 mm on a 5mm screw without head
rasp easy





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if you want to use sand paper you can but only small piece - it is a dangerous if you use long piece of sand paper - rotor can cath the end and cut you badly



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Use a triangle rasp so ferruel better cacth the wood



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mark it for drilling



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2 mm is more than enough - do not use your fingers while drilling



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finished from outside



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inside



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drill carefully use a piece of wood to stuck in hole



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I think I forgot something - drill with 5 mm driller very slowly to remove inside screws



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maybe it looks funny but it works for me. I use 010 strings and no ferruels moving in

cheers

[garw]

I could wash my hands first, sorry. I use my thumb nails for working sometimes.

[garw]

I have a smaller string space, so have to make own string trees. Don't laugh at me, it can be done very easy and fast with small rasps. I didn't polish them



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to be continued...

[dr_zaius]

Originally Posted by garw

This photo session was made quick. Some of this is dangerous, so use extra tools - do not hold it in your hand

finish screw box - 5 mm on a 5mm screw without head
rasp easy





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if you want to use sand paper you can but only small piece - it is a dangerous if you use long piece of sand paper - rotor can cath the end and cut you badly



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Use a triangle rasp so ferruel better cacth the wood



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mark it for drilling



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2 mm is more than enough - do not use your fingers while drilling



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finished from outside



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inside



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drill carefully use a piece of wood to stuck in hole



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I think I forgot something - drill with 5 mm driller very slowly to remove inside screws



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maybe it looks funny but it works for me. I use 010 strings and no ferruels moving in

cheers

I use 5/16 allen head set screws for string ferrules. They are a pain to drill through, even with a drill press, but when finished they thread into the body and look pretty professional.

[CarlosN]

Using set screws for ferrules is a neat idea, but yeah, I could see many a broken/dull drill bit from that exercise... should look around and see if anyone makes them in brass.

[hefferzon]

Now I got inspiration! Next I'm going to build a snakehead jazzquire with unplated steel homemade hardware (except for tuners:)).

[sogeha]

Funny how everything I think of someone on here is doing already. I'm currently finishing a couple of stainless steel bridges. I chose to use only hand tools to prove a point to myself. I have access to a lathe and milling machine and will probably do a few in a more professional way.

[garw]

yes milling machine can do a lot of fantastic stuff

[dr_zaius]

Originally Posted by hefferzon

Now I got inspiration! Next I'm going to build a snakehead jazzquire with unplated steel homemade hardware (except for tuners:)).

Yeah, if I ever figure out how to make tuners, I'll post my results :)

[jipp]

very cool. i have some wrought iron that is a few hundred years old i plan on using in a build down the road after i get some experience ( i used it in building knifes.. looks great when etched). def will make a tone bar out of it. hard tail would be cool i like the design above. i wonder if my forge will fire up. not used in quite a while. ill burn that iron when the time comes.
chris.

[rusticoaf]

Originally Posted by dr_zaius

I use 5/16 allen head set screws for string ferrules. They are a pain to drill through, even with a drill press, but when finished they thread into the body and look pretty professional.

Try using stainless. You can use regular drill bits to drill them then.

[Mike Simpson]

I like making some of the parts when I can... just because I like making stuff.

I made the neck plate, bridge, control plate and knobs out of copper for my 2009 challenge build. I made the pickguard out of leather.


I made the neck plate, bridge and control plate out of copper for my 2010 challenge build. I made this pickguard out of garolite (bakelite)


I made this guitar in June 2010. The control plate and neck plate are made out of stainless. I made the pickguiard is b/w/b material.


On all of these guitars I made a ferrule block. The 2009 guitar was copper and the others I made from brass.

This one is in my 2012 challenge build.
http://www.tdpri.com/forum/2012-tdpr...ml#post4101192

[dr_zaius]

Originally Posted by Mike Simpson

I made the neck plate, bridge, control plate and knobs out of copper for my 2009 challenge build. I made the pickguard out of leather.

I love the knobs. What are they, just copper pipe caps? I really want to make some of these now.

[Mike Simpson]

Yes they are nibco copper pipe caps from Lowes with maple inserts. The volume and tone are drilled for setscrews and the switch knob is press fitted with a dab of CA glue.

[hefferzon]

I finished this "tool" today, it's for making my homemade hardware. Guess what it is .......



Put a piece of sheet metal in the gap, place it in a hydraulic press and press.. And voila!



After some grinding You got your self raw tele bridge..

[Tele-brewer]

Niiiice.

[dr_zaius]

How much would you charge to build me one of those?