Dr.Ukenstein
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B.B. Let me know when you plug that P90 into a Marshall stack...
I read somewhere a while back that the first thing an aspiring luthier apprentice used to have to do was make some cam clamps. If they they could do that, they were accepted. Seems you passed the test. Me, I just buy em...
Did you buy the cheap kit or the expensive one? You might want to start a new thread for that project.
I 'borrowed' the design for mine from a book. The arms were cut from two pieces of half-inch ply, with the shaft channels dadoed out on the table saw before being glued together. The shafts were cut from
aluminium plate using a fine blade on the table saw. The stress points on the arms are reinforced with stainless rod. They are a bit rough and ready but don't do much work as they are only used for bracing.View attachment 122352
By the way, how many cam clamps should a guy have for a build?
All the instructions I've seen suggest drilling a hole at the end of the 'spring' slot to prevent splitting.
Ah, I forgot you used plywood.
I'm thinking with these and a bunch of wooden clothespins, I should have enough clamps.
OK, I'm done hijacking my own thread!
Time to start a new one about your acoustic build!
After a few weeks of curing, then wet sanding to 1500, I polished the SG uke today. It turned out pretty well, but I have a couple of spots I'll have to touch up on the edges. My sanding & polishing effort is not "calibrated" for such small details!
Done! I'm leaving the pickguard & pickup plastic on until I get the action & intonation set up, but it already sounds great! It's set up for high G tuning right now, but I may play around with that.