Steel project #4

Bent Romnes · Post by **Bent Romnes** » 2 May 2011 6:35 pm

Just a pic or 2 to show you I am still alive and working on the project.
Drilled leg holes in the end plates today:

Changer/pickup housing:

Elton Smith · Post by **Elton Smith** » 2 May 2011 7:00 pm

Great work Bent.Look up aircraft spruse .com and get a magazine.I think you will find a lot of stuff you can use.They furnish all kinds of pull rods rivnuts and stuff you can't normally find.

Elton Smith · Post by **Elton Smith** » 2 May 2011 7:02 pm

Thats spruce, my bad

Ned McIntosh · Post by **Ned McIntosh** » 3 May 2011 12:07 pm

www.aircraftspruce.com/ will get you to their website.

I never thought of getting stuff for a steel-guitar from them, I usually just get parts and stuff for my aeroplanes instead!

They will send you a catalogue (CD-ROM or hard-copy) or you can download the whole catalogue as a pdf file if you prefer. Their range of stuff is huge and their service is great!

Bent Romnes · Post by **Bent Romnes** » 3 May 2011 6:10 pm

Elton, Ned, I went and looked them up and sure enough, there are items there that can be used in steel production. Definitely worth bookmarking. Thanks!

Elton Smith · Post by **Elton Smith** » 3 May 2011 10:02 pm

Bent please order a catalog.The web site is only a glimez of what they have

Bent Romnes · Post by **Bent Romnes** » 8 Jun 2011 5:22 pm

Stained the body the other day

Storm Rosson · Post by **Storm Rosson** » 9 Jun 2011 6:27 am

Looking way good my friend..

Ron Pruter · Post by **Ron Pruter** » 14 Jun 2011 3:41 am

Hi Bent.
I too am ready to stain my maple Sho Bud. I intend to lightly seal it with shellac before I do it, to make the stain go on more evenly. The aprons and neck will be rosewood transparent and the deck will be natural. I'm thinking of using leather dyes. If that don't work,on my sample scrap wood, I'll try a water based aniline dye. I could spray or wipe. What did you use on this pretty blue and how did you apply it? Ron

Bent Romnes · Post by **Bent Romnes** » 14 Jun 2011 4:42 am

Ron, for this project I used Colortone dye from StewMac.
Aniline dye- I assume you mean the powder- I used on 'Red'. It was ok but a pain to mix and get the tone I wanted(never got it 100% to my liking)Then the water I mixed it with raised teh grain and I had to sand a bit and this in turn made the finish appear spotty.

Fiebings leather dye works quite well. Bill Ford can tell you more about it. I believe it to be less economical than Colortone.
Colortone mixes with denatured alcohol and hardly raises the grain at all. I will sand very lightly with 600 sandpaper. It goes on bare wood, no prep needed or recommended other than sanding.
I sprayed it on with an HVLP sprayer

I would be careful with that shellac sealer. It is alcohol based, as is leather dye. You might end up making a mess if it loosens.

Maybe others have more experience with that aspect and can advise you further?