Bionic Machinist Posted June 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2012 Are you taking measurements from the donor piece as you work, or are you working from a drawn plan? Sorry, if you posted this answer already it escapes me....very tired.... I'm using the Kahler for measurements, but I'm not styling it the same. Got some good news at work today. they are giving Me and the other Machinist $25,000 for a new mill and surface grinder. happy days are coming. We're looking at a Mill power, for CNC work. Sweet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted June 29, 2012 Report Share Posted June 29, 2012 That looks pretty slick. I'll be very interested to see how this turns out. If it works out well and you decide to sell some I may very well be interested. -M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bionic Machinist Posted July 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 Very busy at work these days but still moving along with the bridge. I've finished the Bridge base and started polishing it. So seeing I am waiting on parts for the bridge to show up still I mocked it up with the cam from the Kahler and the saddles too. I just have to start and finish the saddle extensions but this pick gives you the idea of how it's going to look. BM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdshirtman Posted July 3, 2012 Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 (edited) Pretty cool. I wish I had the tools and skills to mill like that. Edited July 3, 2012 by sdshirtman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bionic Machinist Posted July 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 Pretty cool. I wish I had the tools and skills to mill like that. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bionic Machinist Posted July 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2012 Got the 1 saddle extension made and polished up this morning. I installed it to see how it looks. What do you all think. BM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piercefield Posted July 4, 2012 Report Share Posted July 4, 2012 I'm just thinking you should have made 2 or 3 while you had your setups lol... I was concerned about the unpolished surface in the flat but i see where its going now... Looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pestvic Posted July 4, 2012 Report Share Posted July 4, 2012 damn that looks nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bionic Machinist Posted July 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2012 I'm just thinking you should have made 2 or 3 while you had your setups lol... I was concerned about the unpolished surface in the flat but i see where its going now... Looks great! Thanks piercefield I was just doing this as a test to see if I could machine all the parts manually. Wasn't thinking of the future at all. I will be changing the design for the future to make it a 2 piece bridge so it can be used on any Multi scale length and perp fret desired. damn that looks nice Thanks been a lot of mind numbing hours with calculators and edge finders on the mill to insure it's perfect. Now I want to make it out of Brass. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bionic Machinist Posted July 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2012 (edited) K I got all the machining finished up for now and just got some polishing left to do. Then I have to harden it and send it out for chrome or anodizing. If I anodize it I'm not sure what color to do it. Here's how it looks. BM Edited July 5, 2012 by Bionic Machinist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pestvic Posted July 6, 2012 Report Share Posted July 6, 2012 wow looks awesome. whats your multiscale numbers? I mean which two scales :-P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bionic Machinist Posted July 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2012 Using 27" - 25" scale then ghats with the 5th fret as the perp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pestvic Posted July 6, 2012 Report Share Posted July 6, 2012 nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted July 7, 2012 Report Share Posted July 7, 2012 is it worth having a channel under each height adjustment set screw - might help to keep them all parallel also worth remembering that the saddles need to be set quite high on a kahler style trem to give enough string pressure on them - they look a little low at the moment. definitely worth considering trying it on an actual guitar to get all those aspects correct before going much further hmm. i think i would also thin down the long saddle sections from just behind the grub screw so that they all looked like the low e saddle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piercefield Posted July 7, 2012 Report Share Posted July 7, 2012 is it worth having a channel under each height adjustment set screw - might help to keep them all parallel also worth remembering that the saddles need to be set quite high on a kahler style trem to give enough string pressure on them - they look a little low at the moment. definitely worth considering trying it on an actual guitar to get all those aspects correct before going much further hmm. i think i would also thin down the long saddle sections from just behind the grub screw so that they all looked like the low e saddle Good ideas! I think a channel below at least D - E1 is needed... Otherwise If you banged around pretty hard I could see it flexing and moving around. I also agree that if they were thinned down it would give more uniformity, not that it looks bad as it is, but would just add to the overall appearance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bionic Machinist Posted July 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2012 is it worth having a channel under each height adjustment set screw - might help to keep them all parallel also worth remembering that the saddles need to be set quite high on a kahler style trem to give enough string pressure on them - they look a little low at the moment. definitely worth considering trying it on an actual guitar to get all those aspects correct before going much further hmm. i think i would also thin down the long saddle sections from just behind the grub screw so that they all looked like the low e saddle The channel under the saddles for the grub screws is a good idea. never used a kahler before so I wasn't sure if the saddles would move around when playing. the channels would prevent that. I'm not going to thin down the saddles behind the grub screws though. The reason for that is the length of the saddles and thinning them down would make them to weak in my opinion. BM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightninMike Posted July 8, 2012 Report Share Posted July 8, 2012 Don't worry about thinning them down as the "weak point" right now is right at the adjustment point.... you can thin the saddle down and give it some style as long as you don't go any thinner than the portion that goes under the adjustment screw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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