Wood Switch Tips

[TVvoodoo]

I'm imagining the vast improvement of tone-to-the-bone is maybe even a little better than a Well-Hung strap, being closer to the signal chain :dood:

Neat idea... I think I might try this too sometime. I have a stash of moose shin bone somewhere around here, supposedly one of the highest density bones known to man,
mostly due to all that weight sitting on relatively skinny legs, as I understand it. Camel is supposed to be magnificent also.
I've used it to carve the odd nut out of... but dude was 100% correct about the wonderful aromas emitted while working with bone.

So, if a guy decided to make a few of these I wonder what sort of price they might command on the open market?

looking forward to your posts coming up!

 

[Session 5]

Brass inserts are nice. Do you think maple will hold the tread? Otherwise, I will try bone.

I have tapped Bass wood for nylon wing bolts, then to harden the threads run a light film of thin CA. I have also used Brass threaded inserts as well. I think maple would hold a thread.

 

[Cadorman]

Now I want to make a mini Hurst T handle shifter for a switch tip.

 

[Cadorman]

My cane.

 

[Session 5]

Oh for a second there, I thought you were trying to shift into 4th gear.

 

[Don O]

Terrible picture, but the interior of my 68 Camaro taken around 1972.

 

[RVA]

So here we go.

I cut an appropriate sized block of maple from the pen blank and marked it for drilling




I used a 9/64 bit in the drill press and marked for depth. I experimented with 5/32 bit before this, and it was too much. I read a no 29 bit is the perfect tool, but I do not have it yet.



I then ran the tap into it and kept the tap in for bulk shaping on the belt sander

 

[RVA]

I then put the tap in a drill and pinched it between 220 grit sand paper to get a round shape. Pinching the paper from the top got it round

 

[RVA]

I did some final shaping on a hard surface



It was not easy to get it off the tap. I had to put the tap in a vise and use pliers. This made me nervous that I would crush or crack the wood




And then ran the bottom over the paper to get it flat

 

[RVA]

It fit well




So I finished it off with tru-oil






It is not bulbous on top or perfectly flat. I will work on my shaping, but I am happy for my first run, which took about 40 minutes

 

[Session 5]

Nice work!

 

[Don O]

Nice job Ray !

 

[Truss_rod]

 

[Thatbastarddon]

Sweet!

 

[Cadorman]

Now a burst finish would be cool on that. Nice work!

 

[Amp Mad Scientist]

 

[Don O]

Here’s the 2 Purple Heart ones I bought. These have the brass insert I mentioned earlier.

 

[Cadorman]

My wife makes jewelry and sells at craft shows. I'm going to dig through her stuff and see if there's anything useful in there. A diamond switch tip might be cool.

 

[RVA]

Here’s the 2 Purple Heart ones I bought. These have the brass insert I mentioned earlier.

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That is nice work. I think you can at least that good! Those inserts can be found for about $ 1 each, or less in bulk (250)

 

[Don O]

That is nice work. I think you can at least that good! Those inserts can be found for about $ 1 each, or less in bulk (250)

Yea, once the basement gets finished, I’ll try my hand at making a few of these. Heck, that’s what I built a shop for !

Not sure if I’d buy the bulk pack, because then I’d feel like I have to make 250 guitars