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Cocobolo tuner buttons as ordered by the customer. This was like cats eating grindstones, but I think the next batch will be smoother. There is dust all over the tuner cases that I did not notice until the pics came out. disregard that.

Thanks for looking

John

Very cool John, and they look beautiful. Could you teach us? I'd love to make some.

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Laurent Brondel
West Paris, Maine - USA
http://www.laurentbrondel.com/

Sharp.

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Mike

"The Dude abides. I don't know about you but I take comfort in that. It's good knowin' he's out there. The Dude. Takin' 'er easy for all us sinners. Shoosh." The Stranger

Gorgeous! Are those finished or polished?

Yeah! Up for a tutorial John?

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Billy Dean Thomas
Covina, CA

"Multi famam, conscientiam, pauci verentur."
(Many fear their reputation, few their conscience)

Thanks Laurent.
I think I can make a half way decent explanation. I need to make some drawings because all the forms and jigs I made were so modified, and I made so many mistakes in the process that I did not take pics and I need to reherse the proper sequence before trying to teach anyone.

John

Thanks Billy and Mike
Those buttons are polished. No finish. I did touch them to the buffing wheel so whatever waxes are in that buffing compound is on the buttons

Cool beans, bro!
Well done for sure, and I've got loads of wood for ya to turn into even MORE buttons!

Heh-heh...

KBW

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Those are beautiful....I would love to hear more about how you made them.
big John

Very cool John!!!!!

John,

Go ahead and make a few more sets, get the process effective, efficient, and well rehearsed. Then post a tutorial. You'll certainly become popular!

I love wood buttons and these look great ! Very nice job John.
I too would like to see how you did it.

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Anderson Guitars
Clearwater,Fl. 33755

Thanks guys
Really it was just a matter of ripping a piece of cocobolo about 3/8 inch thick and as wide as the buttons are tall and long enough to make 8 so I would have a few to make mistakes on. Next I drilled holes in that plank of wood for the shaft, then sliced off each little retangle of wood and using that hole as an index, I made a number of holders that pivoted on a radius. when the pivot bearing the button was held to a sander and pivoted through its arc, it sanded a matching arc on the button. I did this on 4 surfaces, top, bottom, and the two faces. I will make better tutorial if you guys want.

Those look great!

Of course, they are just going to darken up a lot, and then you might not be able to tell they're coco, but they came out great!




Nice work John... would love to see the tutorial.

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Only badly."

Beautiful, John!

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