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mikemcnerney

Post subject: make a slide

Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 11:47 am

Koa

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Location: ottawa, ontario, ca
First name: Mike
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I'm going to try learning dobro again & the slide i have is over 3" long & very heavey. So at the local store yesterday I saw some nice wooden handled ones. How would you approach making the metal part?
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windsurfer

Post subject: Re: make a slide

Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 2:08 pm

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Location: Santa Barbara, Ca
First name: John "jd"
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cut the round part from Stainless steel of brass rod. (brass is a lot easier to cut)

brass is normally chrome plated, but the chrome wears out quickly.

another approach would be to polish up a deep socket and glue the handle to it.

you can also cut from glass rod, or anything else that is round and hard that you can polish -even copper pipe

tone is very dependant on the weight.

-jd

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