Stone Cold Cool! Corian Pickup Rings

[Telenator]

Just whipped these up in the shop yesterday from a 4" x 4" Corian sample I had and they look killer! Lovin' it!

This stuff cuts easily, polishes beautifully, and seems to be plenty durable for the task.

You can find samples at cabinet shops but color selection may be limited. Crank up those routers!

 

[Mark Wein]

Neat!

 

[Punchy]

Hey, that's pretty cool!

 

[Chad]

I love the way the color reflects of the chrome cover. Looks great.

 

[Telenator]

I'm tempted to do matching knobs, nut and pickguard! This stuff is real easy to work and it comes in some incredible colors.

 

[jp_nyc]

You owe it to humanity to mail a set to Hutchinson so we can see what they do with them: http://www.hutchinsonguitars.com

 

[wok]

Is it me or are they a bit crooked?

Seriously though, they look very cool

 

[baimun]

Love em!!! May have to contact you about a custom one.

 

[Telenator]

They're not crooked. It may be an optical distortion from the cheap camera I was using.

 

[Denverdave]

 

[wok]

They're not crooked. It may be an optical distortion from the cheap camera I was using.

It was a reference to an infamous forum thread.

 

[Telenator]

It was a reference to an infamous forum thread.

Uh oh. I must have missed something.

 

[Elias Graves]

That's gotta be easier than me carving them from walnut.

 

[Virtual Pariah]

Would it be cool material to make a pickguard out of?

I've never thought of corian in guitar terms before.

 

[Telenator]

Corian would make an excellent pickguard. If you scratch it, polishes out easily.

The biggest challenge though is milling/fly cutting this stuff down to pickguard thickness. This stuff is about 5/8" thick and is not readily available any thinner.

I can re-saw it for small pieces but when it gets wide like pickguards, the only choice is to mill it down to thickness. That's a bit expensive but, on the upside, you can remove it periodically and easily polish the scratches out of it so it continues to look brand new!

 

[Telenator]

That's gotta be easier than me carving them from walnut.

Stronger too!

 

[dougk]

I've seen Saul Koll use Corian for this purpose before... which kind of pisses me off that I didn't think of it first. I only did cabinetry for 20 so years. LOL

 

[Flatspotter]

Those look cool, almost like rusted metal.

 

[Elias Graves]

Stronger too!

No kidding. I snapped a few.

 

[Telenator]

Busy times in the shop! Just whipped up this little beauty.

Pickup cavity and pickguard route on the same template!