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Permalink Reply by Rian Kemp on January 5, 2012 at 8:47am

Here is the final pic until I find a decent place or setting to photograph the CBG.

Thanks to all for their help, advice, input etc.

Cigarboxnation.com you guys are a great help and resource.... THANKS !

Please post comments and whether this posting/thread has been a help.

Thanks, Rian.

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Permalink Reply by Vinylhed on January 5, 2012 at 9:41am

I really enjoyed following your progress. I'm looking forward to seeing a video of you sat next to your caravan on a balmy evening entertaining your misses and the cats (high on catnip) with some homemade style Blues.

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Permalink Reply by Slowpaw Steve T on January 6, 2012 at 1:28am

Looks great Rian! neat job (-:

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Permalink Reply by Rian Kemp on January 6, 2012 at 3:03am

LOL @ Brickdust..... Bus has been parked up for a year now, kinda lost interest as so many other projects, and was made redundant last January after 14 years with a company.... got a new job September, but only 12 mth contract.

The bus has a 1.8 Ford Zetec 16v fuel injected engine in, so it goes like hell, but stopping it is also hell.

I really need to remember the date, would be happy to let someone play it, who can make it sound half decent.

That said, i am on Ebay right now looking out for a small cheap amp.

Will update later with bottles and couple of pool cue's that may just be my next DB.

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Permalink Reply by Keni Lee Burgess on January 6, 2012 at 4:01am

A fine lookin' build. Enjoy.

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Permalink Reply by Clock The Wolf on January 6, 2012 at 7:26pm

                                                                    Awooh-awooh! Aarrroooo!!!!!

                                                                               Very nice...

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Permalink Reply by Rian Kemp on January 8, 2012 at 7:07am

Wanting to make up a decent glass slide, I had to dig in pub rubbish dumpsters yesterday, and found some bottles, as we do not drink much at our place.

The first place I stopped at had no bottles but there were 2 used pool sticks in the dumpster..... so I wondered if they could form part of the still to be built Diddley Bow.

The one bottle may become part of it as well, as the bridge.

Whatcha think ??????

Still have to figure out the best way to "cut the neck" off a bottle.

Toss up between a low energy lightbulb and a bottle for the bridge.

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Permalink Reply by robert jones on January 21, 2012 at 3:56am

I've had very good results making slides using the method shown in the linked video.

Wine Bottle Cutting

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Permalink Reply by Rian Kemp on January 21, 2012 at 5:28am

Hi mate, just been in the shed and made 4 slides... need to try them out in a bit, will post pics and report later.

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Permalink Reply by phil noel on January 8, 2012 at 7:55am

hey fella . phil from telford england. helloo.

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on January 8, 2012 at 1:02pm

Rian,

I've used these three methods to make bottleneck slides: standard little glass cutter; a Dremel with a diamond cutoff wheel, grinder attachment, and buffing wheel; and the old fashioned application of Newton's Third Law.

The Dremel definitely gives the cleanest, fastest cut, and you can get it pretty smooth as well as sculpting a curved finger relief slot. The standard glass cutter requires too much effort to keep straight on a curved surface, takes too long, and gives uneven, splintery results. The Third Law can occasionally give good results, but more often you get a cut, smashed finger.

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Permalink Reply by PooStickPaul on January 11, 2012 at 1:17am

Rian,

Great thread, looking forward to future builds from you!!

PsP

 

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