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| BiggerHammer:
Just WOW! :jaw: Very nice work Sir, very nice indeed. |
| saw:
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| Bogstandard:
I'm really glad that a few of you enjoyed looking at what I get up to. Yes Dean, I do get up to some unusual little projects, always have and most probably always will. I think it is because, thru the grapevine of long known friends and aquaintancies, I come into contact with a lot of, I wouldn't class as unusual, but different types of people who have a need of my services. One thing leads to another type of thing, and the word does get about, even internationally. People on here only see a small percentage of the jobs I do, most are just quickies that maybe only take an hour or so, but fulfill that persons need, where going elsewhere it would be rejected offhand because it would not be profitable enough for the machinist or shop to carry out. Because they know I will always give my all to the job, no matter how unusual the request. If I can get it done, then fine, if I have total and utter failure, then also OK, but at least I gave it a go. I will tackle almost anything as long as it is legal. Plus I don't do it for the money, in fact most jobs I do, as long as I am not out of pocket, the normal charges are just return postage, I do it for the love of doing something unusual, and to help friends out. If I had charged the basic hourly rate for building the banjo, it would have come to many thousands of pounds, but as it was, no charges involved at all, I did it more for the challenge, and of course, because of it, I now have a new, very intelligent friend, who, if he does his job right, we might make a few pennies out of it, as he has done with all his other patent jobs, if we don't, I'm not all that bothered, I got all my enjoyment designing and making it, and he has ended up with a dream he could never have hoped to get done elsewhere. In my little world, money isn't everything. Of course I have been bitten a few times, but they soon learned that if they do bite, because they came to me thru a grapevine, or personal invitation, they are classed as outcasts, not only in my little circle of friends, but word soon gets about and they end up with absolutely no help from anywhere. A good example was the refurbish I did on a classic model steam engine. He tried to make large amounts of money out of my efforts, but by the time he had been destroyed on a couple of web sites, he ended up, as far as I know, a complete pariah. John |
| GWRdriver:
--- Quote from: John Rudd on March 14, 2011, 05:50:45 PM ---and is called a Whammy bar..... --- End quote --- also called a tremelo or vibrato bar. |
| arnoldb:
Very well done indeed John; great result! From some personal experience with guitars (I once tried to learn to play them, but found engineering is easier on my fingertips and ears), I know there's quite a bit of force pulling across the neck, so kudos to your engineering skills. And the method you have adopted for adjusting the strings is really neat! Kind regards, Arnold |
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