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Design and function plus the added detail of achieving the silver lining with the sanded aluminum; makes perfect sense, but never would have thought of that. Can't wait to see the body you fit these to.

Cars and guitars eh...oh well

So, Stuart.... wanna make some neat Studebaker parts on the side?
Could be lucrative, ya know.

This ain't fair Stuart and you know it!
Chris

Aside from the fact that I don't care for string T's, as usual I'm completely impressed with your work!

Filippo

Looks great Stuart,
How do the rings mount to the body? some sort of hidden fixing?

i understand the anodized finish was ground off, leaving a smooth shiny surface in relief areas- but on the anodized surfaces, did you have to hand finish them smooth first, to remove mill marks, or is the CNC machine that good that it can produce "ready for paint" parts...?

Author:	Stuart Gort [ Tue Feb 11, 2014 6:32 pm ]
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The hardware for the upcoming model Molly - the Machine. The black anodized aluminum is sanded to produce the silver ridges. The pickups will be Lace Sensors - their Drop & Gain model. The black plastic covers sit very nicely into the rings. The new bridge design articulates much like a tune-o-matic type bridge with the exception that it carries the design elements of the pickup rings, as does the other hardware.

Author:	dzsmith [ Tue Feb 11, 2014 7:01 pm ]
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Fabulous Stuart!

Author:	mkellyvrod [ Tue Feb 11, 2014 7:25 pm ]
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Design and function plus the added detail of achieving the silver lining with the sanded aluminum; makes perfect sense, but never would have thought of that. Can't wait to see the body you fit these to.

Author:	Stuart Gort [ Tue Feb 11, 2014 7:35 pm ]
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mkellyvrod wrote: Design and function plus the added detail of achieving the silver lining with the sanded aluminum; makes perfect sense, but never would have thought of that. Can't wait to see the body you fit these to. There's a preview... viewtopic.php?f=10123&t=41845 The silver edged hardware goes WAY back... Edelbrock, and a half dozen other manufacturers, do this on racing parts.

Author:	mkellyvrod [ Tue Feb 11, 2014 7:44 pm ]
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Stuart, now that you point it out, I've got a 1970 Mach I in the garage (basket case) and several of the parts have the silver edged hardware including the valve covers. But there you go - I never made the connection either.

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Author:	Chris Pile [ Tue Feb 11, 2014 7:49 pm ]
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So, Stuart.... wanna make some neat Studebaker parts on the side? Could be lucrative, ya know.

Author:	the Padma [ Tue Feb 11, 2014 8:10 pm ]
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Cars and guitars eh...oh well

Author:	Stuart Gort [ Tue Feb 11, 2014 8:12 pm ]
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the Padma wrote: Cars and guitars eh...oh well Ya well...how am I supposed to control what pops out when I push the button?

Author:	ZekeM [ Tue Feb 11, 2014 8:21 pm ]
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Chris Pile wrote: So, Stuart.... wanna make some neat Studebaker parts on the side? Could be lucrative, ya know. Studebaker....hmmmmm If I remember in the morning I'll take a pic for you. Got a pattern sitting in the office currently for some sort of studebaker part. Forget what it is though.

Author:	twick [ Tue Feb 11, 2014 9:32 pm ]
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Dang! Those look really cool! Nice design, and execution!

Author:	Jeff Highland [ Tue Feb 11, 2014 9:50 pm ]
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Looks great Stuart, How do the rings mount to the body? some sort of hidden fixing?

Author:	Pat Hawley [ Tue Feb 11, 2014 10:17 pm ]
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Very impressive indeed. Every once in a while when I see what can be done with CNC I start thinking that I should be learning how to do this. Then I go do some reading in the CNC part of the forum and become so intimidated that I'm cured. Pat

Author:	nyazzip [ Tue Feb 11, 2014 11:06 pm ]
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nice professional looking photography as well...

Author:	Jim Watts [ Wed Feb 12, 2014 12:08 am ]
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I"ll echo what everyone else is saying, they look really great!

Author:	klooker [ Wed Feb 12, 2014 5:31 pm ]
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Beautiful work Stuart. Not trying to be a douche, but I feel obligated to give some constructive criticism, just one a-hole's opinion, fwiw. The pointer knobs look very cool up close but when viewed from a distance they loose something & look sort of generic, imo. Again, I'm not trying to be an arse and I can only imagine how much time has gone into these at this point but I think you are the type of person who appreciates honest feedback. Again (redundant, redundant), just one a-hole's opinion. Kevin Looker

Author:	Stuart Gort [ Wed Feb 12, 2014 9:15 pm ]
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I'm always open to criticism. There's no way to grow if you're closed off to it. I like to have things grow on me the closer I get to them. Comes from spending half a career using magnification I suppose. In any case...I wouldn't have any idea how to make the knobs appeal more at a greater distance. Maybe different colors? Idk. Any ideas? There's no question about wear. Using a pick would wear the ring eventually but the Lace Sensors have a black plastic cap and it will sit 1/8" higher than the ring. I imagine that cap will wear faster than the lower ring. I guess rings on fingers are the worst enemy. If I stick to black I can hard anodize....which is a great deal more durable than soft. These are soft anodized parts. I figure I'll see how things wear before I go to a hard anodize. You can't get the wide pallet of colors with hard anodize.

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Author:	Stuart Gort [ Wed Feb 12, 2014 1:43 am ]
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verhoevenc wrote: This ain't fair Stuart and you know it! Chris

Author:	Stuart Gort [ Wed Feb 12, 2014 1:47 am ]
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Filippo Morelli wrote: Aside from the fact that I don't care for string T's, as usual I'm completely impressed with your work! Filippo You know....I don't really care for string tees either. I may find they aren't necessary but if so, I thought I'd take them down the road a little...design wise.

Author:	Stuart Gort [ Wed Feb 12, 2014 1:51 am ]
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Jeff Highland wrote: Looks great Stuart, How do the rings mount to the body? some sort of hidden fixing? The ring is screwed into the cavity through the two visible holes. They mount it and adjust the height also. There are springs under the pickup.

Author:	Stuart Gort [ Wed Feb 12, 2014 1:55 am ]
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Thank you, Gents for the nice comments. Very encouraging!

Author:	phil [ Wed Feb 12, 2014 5:09 pm ]
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beautiful, beautiful stuff!!

Author:	nyazzip [ Wed Feb 12, 2014 9:20 pm ]
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i understand the anodized finish was ground off, leaving a smooth shiny surface in relief areas- but on the anodized surfaces, did you have to hand finish them smooth first, to remove mill marks, or is the CNC machine that good that it can produce "ready for paint" parts...?

Author:	ZekeM [ Wed Feb 12, 2014 9:44 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Hardware For Molly
nyazzip wrote: i understand the anodized finish was ground off, leaving a smooth shiny surface in relief areas- but on the anodized surfaces, did you have to hand finish them smooth first, to remove mill marks, or is the CNC machine that good that it can produce "ready for paint" parts...? Don't know about Stuarts feeds speeds an stepovers but it's completely possible to have parts ready right off the machine. If not you can get it ready with very minimal work right off the CNC. My guess is that he is taking the proper steps to not do any hand finishing.

Author:	DannyV [ Wed Feb 12, 2014 10:28 pm ]
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Very cool! That kind of work will class up any act.

Author:	Stuart Gort [ Thu Feb 13, 2014 12:32 am ]
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nyazzip wrote: i understand the anodized finish was ground off, leaving a smooth shiny surface in relief areas- but on the anodized surfaces, did you have to hand finish them smooth first, to remove mill marks, or is the CNC machine that good that it can produce "ready for paint" parts...? Those were all anodized without any hand work. The machine is a 13,000 lb. production machine. It's very accurate so with proper planning, machining marks can be minimized or eliminated. A lot of it has to do with the tool selection...and having a decent library of choices.