Screw in leg sockets for PSG.

[Ron Wendler]

I'm building a PSG and I'm at a standstill over how to make the threaded sockets for the legs to screw into. I watched the video on Youtube of a great idea to make the legs but he used some sort of block with a nut glued in, mounted in each corner. Great idea but where did he get the threaded blocks? They were angled and fit in perfectly and looked clean.

[Mike Preuss]

I make Endplates out of stock aluminum with a table saw, drill press and tap. Getting the leg angles to all match and be parallel with each other is a bit tricky.

[Rich Cottle]

I make my endplates out of 1/8" steel and I mig weld them togather , I couldn't find one inch by 13 tpi nuts but I found one inch by 3/4" nuts and I found some 3/4" by 13 tpi so I ground the points down to fit inside , then I tack welded them from the inside , worked perfect

if you don't have a mig welder maybe you can borrow one, just cut out the steel with a real slow band saw and take them to a welding shop

then I took them to a chrome shop and had them plated, chrome plating lasts for a thousand years and always keeps its shine, check out (Chrome Shop)you have to log in now

[Bobby D. Jones]

The way Rich explains his way of building end plates and leg attachment blocks, By welding, Then chrome plates them. Is the way Mullen builds their endplates.

[Tim Toberer]

I'm building a PSG and I'm at a standstill over how to make the threaded sockets for the legs to screw into. I watched the video on Youtube of a great idea to make the legs but he used some sort of block with a nut glued in, mounted in each corner. Great idea but where did he get the threaded blocks? They were angled and fit in perfectly and looked clean.

I would like to see the video, can you link it? I am trying to come up with a better method for this. On my first couple guitars, I used a jig to drill the 10 degree sockets and ground a spade bit the same size as the conduit I use for legs. Then I glued in a 1/2 threaded insert to accept the leg. This worked pretty well. I have to think creatively because my entire body is built of wood. No metal endplates.
My last attempt was a disaster because I glued in metal sockets after the body was constructed and the epoxy shifted. I had to remove them all with heat (very nasty) and build another jig to hold them in the proper place. Very frustrating.

[Ron Wendler]

Tim, The video is Building a Red Neck PSG on Youtube. Theres another one, I think it was Building a Pedal Steel guitar. There are several others.

[Rich Cottle]

Yeah Mike :
I did kinda copy Mullen , but my break will only bend 1/16" steel so I decided to just use my Lincoln 255 mig welder and use 1/8" , I made a couple of mistakes but they work

I used to make the leg socket blocks by them selves and weld them in later but I thought I'd be different this time , Mullen uses a spot welder , here's what I use to get the angle with , like you say it's a bit tricky , make a jig , that's how I was doing it when I was making just the block alone , using aluminum is even tricker , Mike you say your doing that with a table saw and a drill press (now that's tricky) the chrome lasts forever and always keeps its shine

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