What is involved in making this?

[Wal]

Hi,

I've just finished making something similar-ish - a control plate for a telecaster, but to accommodate Hofner style switches/pots etc.

Pretty straightforward process - client sent me the original Hofner control plate to scan/trace - fag packet sketch with good measurements would have sufficed, he wanted it pretty exact so sent through the original. Once that was traced, the over-sized outline profile to cover the body cavity was created and approved.

Sketch below shows original Hofner style plate (blue), body cavity to cover up (red), outer profile (black).

After that it was a case of cutting it out of 2mm 6082 aluminium and giving it a polish - the latter probably took the longest time...

It's one of those easy jobs that's a bit of a double-edged sword... will still take you three or four hours to do properly, but you'll be lucky to get £25 for doing it..!

Wal.