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Topic: Steel & Stand |
Bill Groner
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QUAKERTOWN, PA
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Posted 26 Jun 2022 6:53 am |
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 Built the steel last year and the stand several years ago. Legs are from Mark Roeder who no longer is in business. I had another steel on it, but thought the chrome, stainless, and aluminum fit this lapsteel much better. Body is 3/4" thick. It is so thin the clamping brackets were about flush with the top of the body and my left hand would sometimes brush the bracket. I had some silicone dots for kitchen cabinet bumpers left over and stuck those to the stand to jack up the body 1/4". That did the trick.
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Currently own, 6 Groner-tone lap steels, one 1953 Alamo Lap steel, Roland Cube, Fender Champion 40 |
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Andy DePaule
From:
Saigon, Viet Nam & Springfield, Oregon
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Posted 28 Jun 2022 2:47 pm Lookin' Good
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Hi Bill,
Lookin' Good. Would love to see some photos of the stand by itself?
Nice work,
Andy 
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Inlaid Star Guitar 2006 by Mark Giles. SD-10 4+5 in E9th; http://luthiersupply.com/instrument-gallery.html
2017 Mullen SD-10, G2 5&5 Polished Aluminum covering. Custom Build for me. Great Steel.
Clinesmith Joaquin Murphy style Aluminum 8 String Lap Steel Short A6th.
Magnatone Jeweltone Series Lap Steel, Circa 1950? 6 String with F#minor7th Tuning.
1956 Dewey Kendrick D-8 4&3, Restoration Project.
1973 Sho~Bud Green SD-10 4&5 PSG, Restoration Project. |
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Bill Groner
From:
QUAKERTOWN, PA
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Posted 29 Jun 2022 11:58 am
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 Andy, the legs I bought when Deluxe 34 was in business. I made 2 mounting plates with 1/2-13 tapped holes for the legs to screw in. They are mounted to the center rail which is 80/20 aluminum "T" slot rail. It has various manufacturers. Bosch Rail, T slot rail, etc. What ever brand you use, buy their hardware for it. They don't make it universal.... I have a close up of the nut that slides in the rail. I made two slotted plates to hold the adjustable clamps. The black balls have 1/4-20 studs sticking out and the balls and are there to tighten the clamps. Where I work, they throw much usable stuff out, so other than the legs....(which were not cheap) it was like Johnny Cash's song.......I got it one piece at a time.........you just have to be patient till the right piece of trash turns up. You know, one Man's trash is another Man's treasure.
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Currently own, 6 Groner-tone lap steels, one 1953 Alamo Lap steel, Roland Cube, Fender Champion 40 |
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Larry Dering
From:
Missouri, USA
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Posted 25 Oct 2022 8:24 am
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| Bill, that's a fine looking stand. |
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Bill Sinclair
From:
Waynesboro, PA, USA
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Posted 25 Oct 2022 10:48 am
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Build Groner  |
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Jim Pitman
From:
Waterbury Ctr. VT 05677 USA
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Posted 29 Nov 2022 2:23 am
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The stand aside, I'm digging the lap steel. I'm a fan of the string through pickup.
Nice work on that steel. It's far from the "slab of wood with strings" |
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