My to Lap steel

On the right, the first I made, with a homemade aluminum bender, on the left, the second, made last month with a tin cap resonator. Both are 25,5 inches string lenght on open E. All I bought are strings and pegs (the jack too...) The pickup was given by a friend.
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  • The idea is simple... You need an axel for rotating, a hole for the string. The tension keeps the string in tune, with the angle blocking the movement. and thats all

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  • It took me some days to find out how to make it. I'll try to take some photos and drawings.

  • Do you have info on how you built the sting bender, I can't find much if any info anywhere on the web on how to make one. Going to start a lap steel on an old cutting board I picked up and would like to have a bender on it.

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