New Grill Design

gheumann · New Grill Design

You never know when inspiration is going to hit. A couple days ago the idea for a new grill design came to me, very different than the ones I've done so far. Here it is, comments welcome. I call it "Starburst". It kind of reminds me of some Dobro's I've seen....

All of my grill designs are visible at http://www.blowsmeaway.com/custommics.html

/Greg

fishfeathersmacteeth

...nice work Greg....!! Looks wonderful... Cool

Cumberland

AWESOME.........great lookin' mic........I really like the new grill design........did it come to you in the middle of the night? Did you run down to the shop?.........Beautiful job Greg.

gheumann

I wish it sounded rougher. It came to me..... by the pool. But yes, I did run to get a sheet of paper - then I spent about an hour doing the math and came up with a fully spec'd drawing. I've learned the hard way that failure to do either of the above results in a very high likelihood of failure. I'm glad I can "wing it" when I play some times..... but machining requires an incredible amount of planning and precision. Only THEN did I go attempt to make one. In fact, even then I screwed the first one up before I got the one in the pic. I accidentally set my table to 190 degrees when I meant 180 for one cut - went about 1/2 way before I noticed. I went back and set it to 180 and did the full length cut. The result is that one slot looks like the letter P. So I'm waiting for a customer named Paul, Pat, Peter or ... and I can offer them a personalized microphone grill!

/Greg

Jeffrey Spoor

Actually, it's time to go CNC. Go ahead and bit the bullet. You could be like OCC - fancy chopper rims and harmonica microphones. Surely you can amortize it over, say 30 years or so!

Cumberland

That's a great idea Tim.........for those of you who have another 30 yrs to go........... Laughing