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

[Sonic Mountain]

Just mucking around to see how it will look. I think it fits the brief now.

It will probably be a fair bit different in the end - I'll need to work out a mounting system not only to attach them to the pots, but also so they stay properly meshed. So I'll use some of the existing brass bracketry for that and modify it I think. We shall see how it evolves. Lots of options to choose from so I'll wait until I'm sure before I go shopping off spindles etc.

[Wayne.Mumford]

At least you can say you put some blood and tears into this one. ;-D

[Hardcoretroubadour]

Looking fab, love those tentacles, I applauded the time and blisters that have gone into them

[blinddrew]

Loving this build

[Andyxlh]

This will look great, looking forward to seeing more!

[Fretworn]

Totally scored on the clock mechanism. Looks great.

[Grubsta]

Love where your going with this one sonic, great score with the clock mechanism.

[Sonic Mountain]

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.



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.

[Sonic Mountain]

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.

[Dedman]

seriously cool stuff