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Thanks guys!

Here goes...raw bend

And needing a powder coat!

What I plan to do

Thanks Kendall!

Looks good so far. I have a hi-gain in my '73 4001. Can you make "lookalike" horseshoes to fit that? My guess is that they would be like the cover but in two pieces and mount under the pickup height screws.

Jeffrey-

The "pole pieces" are bolted onto the mount that the pickup height screws fasten to. The reissues unit that comes with the V63's have a raised portion that was once an aluminum spacer. This is where mine unit broke forcing me to make another.

There is a magnetized piece that goes in between the pickup and the mounting plate. This is removed during surgery.

I believe I can make the shoes fit your '73-but it will alter its value! Sometimes the piece that goes between the pickup and mounting plate is 'glued' together.

I can make the pieces and you can drill the mounting holes to fit your pickup. I only have a template from the V63 series.

Still have not found a chrome man here tho, that is critical as the chrome has to match the surrounds and hardware. Too much nickle plating and 'bluish boy'!!

Judging from the heat lines, this doesn't look like low-carbon steel. Between the heat and the alloy, I'm not sure how well that's going to work or sound.

The original material was 9% tungsten steel; if you can find some old stock somewhere, that'd be the way to go. However, C-1018 low carbon steel is the current alternative which can be cold formed since heat is your ultimate enemy in materials used for magnetic structures.

Mr Hall-

Hey thanks for the info! I was concerned that my blacksmithing forays might have violated a RIC patent somewhere.

This stuff is/was designed to be purely ornamental, got the steel from a local supplier of bar stock.

I realized the 'problem' of replacing the magnetized spacer but used backyard science and left the bar stock on an old alnico magnet from a microwave oven.

I will be able to fire this "Rickenstein" this weekend.

Now if you have any extra pole pieces lying around the wherehouse...

Thank you for your responses!