Table of Contents
- Check out this book‘s website
- Parts of a lap steel guitar
- What is a lap steel guitar?
- Building a lap steel is easy
- Why building a lap steel guitar is easy
- Measurement systems
- A closer look at inches and millimeters
- My tiny workshop
- My small workbench
- My vise
- Hand tools
- A word on tool quality
- Sharpening
- Sharpening plane blades and chisels
- Sharpening a scraper
Project One: Simple Lap Steel Guitar- List of tools used for Project One
- Measuring and marking tools
- Cutting tools
- Boring tools
- Tools for the electronics
- Special guitarbuilding tools
- Clamps
- Materials
- Wood
- Hardware parts needed
- Finishing materials
- Rough calculation of material costs
- Making the peghead
- Marking the peghead contour
- Cutting the peghead to shape
- Drilling the tuner holes
- Mounting the hardware
- Mounting the tuners
- Mounting the nut
- Positioning the bridge
- Fitting the electronics
- Cutting the pickup cavity
- Cutting the control cavity
- Making the pickup cavity and control cavity cover
- Making the fretboard
- Marking the fret positions
- Cutting the fret slots
- Filling the fret slots
- Fitting the fretboard dot markers
- Gluing on the fretboard
- Finishing the guitar
- Finishing schedule
- Assembling the guitar
- Wiring the electronics
- Putting the strings on
- Cutting the nut slots
- Final setup
- Making the case
- List of tools used for Project One
Project Two: Conventional Lap Steel Guitar- Tools, wood and parts needed
- Tools
- Wood needed
- Additional parts needed
- Finishing materials needed
- Rough calculation of material costs
- Making the template
- Shaping the guitar
- Cutting out the shape
- Cutting the peghead angle
- Cutting the back of the neck
- Drilling the tuner holes
- Making the fretboard
- Marking the fret positions
- Cutting the fret slots
- Installing the frets
- Cutting the fret ends flush
- Binding the fretboard
- Cutting the binding flush
- Binding the body
- Smoothing the body sides
- Cutting the binding rebate
- Gluing on the binding
- Scraping the binding flush
- Gluing on the fretboard
- Mounting the bridge
- Making the string mounting holes
- Cutting the cavities
- Cutting the pickup cavity
- Cutting the control cavity
- Cutting the output jack hole
- Drilling the connection hole
- Cutting and smoothing the neck
- Inlaying
- Cutting the inlay pieces
- Cutting the inlay cavities
- Gluing in the inlays
- Filling the mahogany pores
- Installing the nut
- Finishing
- Final sanding of the guitar
- Scraping the binding
- Applying the finish
- Finishing schedule
- Making the pickup
- Making the pickup bobbin
- Getting the wire
- Making a pickup winder
- Winding the pickup
- Wiring the pickup
- Potting the pickup
- Assembling the guitar
- Wiring the electronics
- Stringing the guitar
- Final setup
- Slotting the nut
- Saddle and pickup height adjustment
- Making the case
- Materials needed
- Tools needed
- Suppliers
- Common abbreviations
- Unit conversions
- About the author
- About this book
- Tools, wood and parts needed