Things With Strings

I was a bit nervous about 14 shoes being able to handle the tension, so I decided to re-model the bracket band with 18 shoes. This time I left a larder space between two of them to accommodate the neck, then evenly spaced the shoes around the remainder of the circumference. new bracket band model with 18 shoes For comparison, here is the old model. No idea why the colours are reversed, there's probably a logical explanation somewhere. old bracket band model with 14 evenly spaced shoes

I'm only a beginner at Sketchup modelling, but have found it really helps to visualise what parts are going to look like, and to ensure everything is going to fit together correctly. I designed a bracket band which I intent to make from a 3/4" x 1/8" brass bar and 1/2" x 1/2" x 1/8" brass angle stock. My skills in Sketchup don't run to  rounding-off corners yet which I plan to do on the actual build, but the picture gives good idea of what I'm aiming for. Sketchup model of bracket band I've calculated that evenly spacing 14 shoes will just about allow for the neck to fit between two of them. Edit : I re-modelled this  Bracket band Sketchup model #2