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Having said that, there is a slight flaw in our logic, I've realised:
Because it is the shaft itself that is also short (the choice of centre indent 10k mini linear pots is...erm...limited), the insert doesn't actually give you (me) any minimum wall thickness advantage over a normal nut! What it does, give, however, is a much more supportive fixing
- which still makes you a hero
- if it works
Once the rebate is finalised, I'll be trying to coax my little bandsaw into cutting a 3mm-ish slice of sycamore-offcut to use as a cover...
Still should be OK. I did think about setting in an aluminium plate rather than a wooden fence, but I think this will be fine. We'll all be able see if I'm right or wrong soon!
Thanks for the suggestion
They don't really solve the short shaft thing, but they let you have a thicker mounting wall as you don't need the threaded part of the pot to poke right through the wall.
The temporary saddle is sitting on a strip of veneer to avoid bruising the top.
It's starting to look (and sound) like a bass....
Are you planning to fit ferrules to the body to stop the strings cutting into the wood?
For the headstock, however, maybe - although that might be just a hidden tube to stop the hole elongating...
I think that works OK.
Still loads to do, but it's another one off the list....
To be honest, I think Mick is pretty grateful there will be dots at all (I tried playing it without and it's pretty confusing!) so hopefully he will know the end of the fretboard is the 24th fret
As you can see from the side view - it's slimmer than it looks and therefore is quite light...