Building A Lap Steel

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I guess one of my latest hairbrained ideas is to build lap steel guitar.

I was just checking out a pretty nice-looking 60's Fender but when the bidding topped $270US it got too rich for my poor ass.

So I'm curious about a couple things.

First, I'm thinking using a Telecaster bridge and bridge pickup would look cool, and I'm wondering if the Tele bridge is radiused or flat.

Next, is it possible to get nuts tall enough that I could get away from using a piece of aluminum or maybe chrome steel "L" metal???

Would a piece of ebony work well for a nut???

Next, it looks like most of the vintage lap steel's have a 22.5" scale length. But I think a 24.75" (Gibson scale) or maybe a 25" (Dobro scale) might work a bit better for a knucklehead that plays mostly Martins.

Finally, I dig the slotted peghead with the buttons on top look, and I'm wondering if the Schaller "3-on-a-plate" (StewMac#0656) will work.

Thanks!