Stub Mandrel Posted November 29, 2024 Posted November 29, 2024 On 29/11/2024 at 08:40, Pea Turgh said: Continuing the theme, innit - remember the image from the first post? Expand He's gone full circle! Quote
Si600 Posted November 29, 2024 Author Posted November 29, 2024 On 29/11/2024 at 16:48, Stub Mandrel said: He's gone full circle! Expand I'm not making a banjo. Twerp 3 Quote
Si600 Posted December 13, 2024 Author Posted December 13, 2024 Shiny. I hadn't appreciated how much damage copper tape can do to your knuckles. I was more worried about the stanley blade without a holder. 1 Quote
SpondonBassed Posted December 13, 2024 Posted December 13, 2024 On 13/12/2024 at 11:23, Si600 said: Shiny. I hadn't appreciated how much damage copper tape can do to your knuckles. I was more worried about the stanley blade without a holder. Expand Children, please do not use Stanley blades naked at home. Don't wear tinfoil on your head*. Don't wear copper foil on your knuckles. This has been a Janet and John Advisory on behalf of Terry's Old Geezers. *If you do you will not receive auto updates to the BIOS in your head. PS: Good work Si. 1 Quote
Si600 Posted December 29, 2024 Author Posted December 29, 2024 End of year report: Could have finished it by now . But I haven't and I won't. In trying to get the pickups to work I've made a mess of the loom @KiOgon made for me so I'm having to find some bits of wire. However, it is all together and there's no technical reason the strings can't go on, except it doesn't feel right. Pic for attention 5 Quote
Stub Mandrel Posted December 29, 2024 Posted December 29, 2024 On 29/12/2024 at 13:48, Si600 said: except it doesn't feel right. Expand What's up Quote
Si600 Posted December 29, 2024 Author Posted December 29, 2024 On 29/12/2024 at 20:31, Stub Mandrel said: What's up Expand Putting strings on when it's not finished. Doesn't feel quite right somehow 🙂 Quote
Stub Mandrel Posted December 29, 2024 Posted December 29, 2024 On 29/12/2024 at 20:57, Si600 said: Putting strings on when it's not finished. Doesn't feel quite right somehow 🙂 Expand Ah. That's 👍 Quote
KiOgon Posted December 29, 2024 Posted December 29, 2024 On 29/12/2024 at 13:48, Si600 said: End of year report: Could have finished it by now . But I haven't and I won't. In trying to get the pickups to work I've made a mess of the loom @KiOgon made for me so I'm having to find some bits of wire. However, it is all together and there's no technical reason the strings can't go on, except it doesn't feel right. Pic for attention Expand Hey Si, whatever has happened to the loom - if you send it back to me I'll sort it no problem, no charge 👍 Cheerz, John and Happy New Year 2 Quote
SpondonBassed Posted December 29, 2024 Posted December 29, 2024 On 29/12/2024 at 23:04, KiOgon said: Hey Si, whatever has happened to the loom Expand It's been Sibotaged. 2 Quote
PaulThePlug Posted December 30, 2024 Posted December 30, 2024 (edited) Looking Good, What Knobs - Modern Gibbo Speed Knobs, or something with a Skirt? My T-Bird went All Minimal... Edited December 30, 2024 by PaulThePlug 2 Quote
SpondonBassed Posted December 30, 2024 Posted December 30, 2024 On 30/12/2024 at 00:32, PaulThePlug said: What Knobs Expand Chicken heads to go with the T-Bird on the scratchplate? 2 Quote
Si600 Posted December 30, 2024 Author Posted December 30, 2024 Black knurled Tele style. I don't really like chicken heads or skirted ones. The ones which are like a skirted one with the numbers but the skirt is inside the cylinder are quite nice, but still not really my taste. 1 Quote
tauzero Posted January 1 Posted January 1 On 30/12/2024 at 00:32, PaulThePlug said: Looking Good, What Knobs - Modern Gibbo Speed Knobs, or something with a Skirt? My T-Bird went All Minimal... Expand Looks terrible with that huge hole where a pickup should be, and those horrible plugs where knobs should be. Still, you like it, so that's all that matters. 1 Quote
Si600 Posted January 1 Author Posted January 1 Broken a screw off in the face of the headstock fitting a string bar. There's a little stump poking out, any suggestions on how to get it out? Quote
paul_5 Posted January 1 Posted January 1 Drill a small hole through the centre and carefully glue an even smaller allen key in there, then when the glue has set simply unscrew it. It'll cost you an allen key, but it'll stop you needing to resort to more drastic measures. 1 Quote
paul_5 Posted January 1 Posted January 1 On 01/01/2025 at 22:40, paul_5 said: Drill a small hole through the centre and carefully glue an even smaller allen key in there, then when the glue has set simply unscrew it. It'll cost you an allen key, but it'll stop you needing to resort to more drastic measures. Expand Next time I'd drill a slightly deeper pilot hole for the screw - small screws like this don't tend to be high grade steel, and they shear off when too much torque is applied. Quote
Si600 Posted January 2 Author Posted January 2 On 01/01/2025 at 21:39, Stub Mandrel said: Can you file flats and use pliers on it Expand Not enough stub I'm afraid Stubz On 01/01/2025 at 22:42, paul_5 said: Next time I'd drill a slightly deeper pilot hole for the screw - small screws like this don't tend to be high grade steel, and they shear off when too much torque is applied. Expand I have a feeling that the hole was a bit small. As to gluing an allen key in to it, it will be so small it would bend before it turned I think, the screw is only about 3.5mm including thread. Quote
SpondonBassed Posted January 2 Posted January 2 On 02/01/2025 at 05:41, Si600 said: Not enough stub I'm afraid Stubz I have a feeling that the hole was a bit small. As to gluing an allen key in to it, it will be so small it would bend before it turned I think, the screw is only about 3.5mm including thread. Expand Perhaps repeated heating with a soldering iron would help to loosen it...? Let it cool fully before applying heat again. 1 Quote
Si600 Posted January 2 Author Posted January 2 I'm leaning towards very carefully filing the stump off flush, filling and spritzing it with a splash of black and laquer and seeing if it will not look too lairy against the existing finish. Then putting the string bar at a jaunty angle and pretending it was supposed to be like that. Quote
SpondonBassed Posted January 2 Posted January 2 On 02/01/2025 at 09:31, Si600 said: I'm leaning towards very carefully filing the stump off flush, filling and spritzing it with a splash of black and laquer and seeing if it will not look too lairy against the existing finish. Then putting the string bar at a jaunty angle and pretending it was supposed to be like that. Expand If you are willing to spend that much effort then it would be worth drilling oversize and plugging. You wouldn't then have the metal to "worry" the finishing process. 1 Quote
Frank Blank Posted January 2 Posted January 2 On 02/01/2025 at 13:30, SpondonBassed said: ...it would be worth drilling oversize and plugging... Expand A the actress said to the vicar. 1 Quote
SpondonBassed Posted January 2 Posted January 2 (edited) On 02/01/2025 at 15:16, Frank Blank said: A the actress said to the vicar. Expand Disguising your intentions by only using the first letter of her christian name wont help you. You are clearly channeling Anthea Turner again. Reveal hidden contents (TART!) Edited January 2 by SpondonBassed 2 Quote
Andyjr1515 Posted January 3 Posted January 3 On 02/01/2025 at 09:15, SpondonBassed said: Perhaps repeated heating with a soldering iron would help to loosen it...? Let it cool fully before applying heat again. Expand Sorry I'm a bit late to the party. ABSOLUTELY this ^^^^ Very unlikely not to work. Get the screw stub nice and hot then, as @SpondonBassed says, let it cool and then it should come out pretty easily with just a pair of needle-nosed pliers 1 Quote
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