@tv101 acoustically not all 335's sound the same. My 335 doesn't have f holes so sounds slightly different from those that do however; it's still playable acoustically sitting on the sofa. I think it'...

@koendb I love the reuse of an item, well impressed, proves we don't need preminium swamp ash or alike...Leo would have used worktops if they were cheap enough. Great project, you should be rightly pr...

The only Radian cutter I use is the 4 flute double bearing for the body shape. It does a great finish, well happy and worth the dosh.

Thanks Boo.....you're all so kind. As the string spacing is wider than a guitar on the lap steel, a normal slide wasn''t wide enough hence making this.

Thanks so much for your kind words tv101...it was a fun project especially as my son had never used the lathe before.

Thanks so much Russ

Very kind tv101

Thank you Deej 😁

More father and son time making a tonebar for the lap steel we made. Drilled through a 20mm round brass bar, parted it off to length, polished to fit the multi layered laminate hold we made from ebony...

@darrenking that looks amazing...love the style

Ain't that the truth !!! I think it would have been more sense for us to live in the shed and turn the house into a workshop 😂

Hi Rocknroller, I drew rough plans up from scratch but then just made it up as I went along, once I knew length of headstock, and scale length.

They're cool Clint...it really is like trying to learn a new instrument ...fun 😁

Lovin the look of that Dave !

Hope all will be well Mark....very best wishes to you and yours

Hi Matt, the complications were more niggles than anything. Width of the stock I wanted to use was "just" wide enough so I couldn't round the edges by the fretboard which I wanted to do, ended up putt...

Yeah, it was a fun build, slightly more complicated than I thought it would be though 🤔

She lives a bit of a distance so may not be able to help too much...but that would be wonderful to share the experience with her. She's given me orders it has to be purple with gold. It also needs to ...

Oh yes....top notch dear boy !!!

Really beautiful Clint....I bet they play amazingly well...top job !!!