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I would like to know if there's any particular technical reason I wouldn't want to make the bottom flat work of a Strat bobbin 3/16" (.187) thick?
I have used linen impregnated phenolic for a set and it's nice material. However, I am making them out of 3/32" (.093) sheet and the 6-32 taped holes
for mounting only allow for 3 threads of engagement. That's sufficient but I'd rather have a few more threads in there. I have a set of pickups that came out of
an American standard and they're the plastic bobbin type. What they did there was raise a boss about 1/4" diameter for the 6-32 location to create more threads.
So anyway, I have a CNC milling machine and a few bucks to experiment with. To copy that plastic bobbin's design - using the raised boss feature on the flat work
I'd have to start with .187 thick sheet and mill away material to get to the standard .093 thickness a lower bobbin flat work normally is; thus leaving .187 bosses but having every
thing else at .093.
But I got to thinking about the thickness of the lower bobbin flat work and I cannot think of a technical reason why the lower flat work couldn't be .187. I understand
that the magnets would sit in blind holes cut to the correct depth and that I would need to relieve the area around the eyelets so I could use stock eyelets. But other than that,
would the added thickness be of any concern? The only reason to leave it at .187 would be to save the milling operation that would produce the bosses. I really don't care either way
since the machine is going to do the work - I like watching it do its thing. Anyway, I digress . . . any opinion would be welcome.
Cheers!
I have used linen impregnated phenolic for a set and it's nice material. However, I am making them out of 3/32" (.093) sheet and the 6-32 taped holes
for mounting only allow for 3 threads of engagement. That's sufficient but I'd rather have a few more threads in there. I have a set of pickups that came out of
an American standard and they're the plastic bobbin type. What they did there was raise a boss about 1/4" diameter for the 6-32 location to create more threads.
So anyway, I have a CNC milling machine and a few bucks to experiment with. To copy that plastic bobbin's design - using the raised boss feature on the flat work
I'd have to start with .187 thick sheet and mill away material to get to the standard .093 thickness a lower bobbin flat work normally is; thus leaving .187 bosses but having every
thing else at .093.
But I got to thinking about the thickness of the lower bobbin flat work and I cannot think of a technical reason why the lower flat work couldn't be .187. I understand
that the magnets would sit in blind holes cut to the correct depth and that I would need to relieve the area around the eyelets so I could use stock eyelets. But other than that,
would the added thickness be of any concern? The only reason to leave it at .187 would be to save the milling operation that would produce the bosses. I really don't care either way
since the machine is going to do the work - I like watching it do its thing. Anyway, I digress . . . any opinion would be welcome.
Cheers!
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