Sonics 4th Build - YB-4 - The Steampunker Bass

Heyo. Despite appearances this one is still slowly inching along. There is a just a lot time spent looking at it and willing it to go together in some fashion.

Bridge has had some adjustments and is ready for brazing. This will be a bit step as once its properly together I can line it up and mount it, thus letting me trim the tentacles down, which will in turn let me work on the knob mechanisms. Then I can finish the body and refine all the other stuff while its curing.

Another step forward yesterday as I got some knobs with brass centres. Ideally they are for solid shafts, but they work fine a split if you screw in with the slot lined up. These will let me braze the gears etc to them and then actually mount them on the pots.

https://i.imgur.com/Hy9NdL8l.jpg

Definitely a bigger job than I anticipated with a lot of problem solving involved. I am getting to the stage where I can see it coming together though.. so that's good.

Big mob progress today!

Well for this build anyway. Finally met up with my mate and did the first round of brazing. Went really well. one small boo boo that will be hidden and doesn't affect anything. It was pretty tricky with the smaller parts, which is why I didn't try it, brass goes from fine to molten blob very quickly using an Oxy.

So bridge is ready for me to work out mounting holes etc then once it's located the tentacles can be trimmed, pots fitted with the gears so i can then work out mounting of the other gears.

Seeing how well this went means I might be able to do a few other cool touches the same way.

https://i.imgur.com/KAKdiWTl.jpg
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https://i.imgur.com/cQ9M2SDl.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/FO6kzCVl.jpg
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seriously cool stuff

Cheers Deddy. How's the diesel punk tele idea coming?

I have some bits accumulated, more ideas in my head, but I can't see it getting done this year. I have 1 kit due next week and 2 custom kits in Aug Sept. After that it will be getting too hot to work. :(

Looking really good, love a bit of brazed metal. :)

Loving this build sonic, it's absolutely inspiring!

cheers,
Gav.

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Originally Posted by Dedman

I have some bits accumulated, more ideas in my head, but I can't see it getting done this year. I have 1 kit due next week and 2 custom kits in Aug Sept. After that it will be getting too hot to work. :(

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Yeah understandable. It's all very well getting lots of bits, fitting it all together is another story.

More worthwhile progress today. Worked out the bridge placement and started mounting things up. I did muck up the tentacle cut outs initially and had them at the wrong angle, but I think I've rescued them now. It's nice seeing it all together.

I need to do a bit more fiddling with the knobs to get them to sit at a good distance off the other stuff, but I think it will be pretty easy.

So now I'm going to go back to finishing on the body. Then once its curing I'm going to do some more refining on the tentacles and bridge and make up some other doo dads. It's good to be moving forward a bit on this one.

https://i.imgur.com/YhuZUaOl.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/v8E93fBl.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/fYLjaJ2l.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/FoyrOnml.jpg

From the depths it rises!

Great job sonic it's coming together nicely. Love the clock mechanisms too.