"Hello ----- I am Bagwill's Johnny Cash Ditson"

Post a few pictures of your "completed" project
ken cierp
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Re: "Hello ----- I am Bagwill's Johnny Cash Ditson"

Post by ken cierp » Thu Jul 19, 2012 5:06 pm

Here's Teeter's gizmo -- works well

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Re: "Hello ----- I am Bagwill's Johnny Cash Ditson"

Post by Dave Bagwill » Fri Jul 20, 2012 7:59 pm

Okay, I made an experiment. I had a bridge blank with a slot in it. I turned it over to make a lefty slot. Then drilled holes to match an old belly bridge.
Then I took an old belly bridge and filled its slot with an ebony strip.
Then I screwed the two together to my benchtop.
Then I just followed the slot with the shank of my dremel cutting bit 1/8"
Worked just fine. The slot looks a little crooked in the pic but is actually nice and straight.


edit: btw, I won't be using that bridge, it was just something to try.
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Re: "Hello ----- I am Bagwill's Johnny Cash Ditson"

Post by ken cierp » Sat Jul 21, 2012 7:02 pm

Yeah the base of the Dremel needs to be totally captured -- maximum pass cutting depth = 1/2 x bit diameter ( this is a rule I have always followed) -- so yer' talking 7 or 8 passes to get to a depth of .28"

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Re: "Hello ----- I am Bagwill's Johnny Cash Ditson"

Post by Dave Bagwill » Sat Jul 21, 2012 7:46 pm

I've been messing with it a bit - if the slot in the template is the width of the dremel shank, not the cutting head - it's very accurate and probably the way I will do it.
I'll remember the depth rule!
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Re: "Hello ----- I am Bagwill's Johnny Cash Ditson"

Post by ken cierp » Sun Jul 22, 2012 8:15 pm

Excellent concept!

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Re: "Hello ----- I am Bagwill's Johnny Cash Ditson"

Post by TonyinNYC » Mon Jul 23, 2012 9:14 am

Thats a good idea Dave! Glad it worked out.

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Re: "Hello ----- I am Bagwill's Johnny Cash Ditson"

Post by Dave Bagwill » Mon Aug 27, 2012 9:21 pm

Johnny has left the house!
A couple of bad pix in the late afternoon sun.

This is a loud guitar, at least played upside down! I put a little lighter set of strings on than I normally would because she has to get used to playing it. I'll have it brought back in a month or so for any tweaks needed plus some final intonation work.

Glad to make it, glad it's outta here. Now on to other things, maybe even a copy machine vid for Kevin in Ca. :-)
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