Amazes me that we don't have a lapsteel thread after all of these years.
I made both of these lapsteels out of steel and aluminum this summer to use at the center of a project, they are both bowed.
They have two goldfoil pickups in them, with stereo outputs, so whichever side is not the active picking side has harmonics sent to a second amp. It's neat.
The Bass lapsteel has wound strings for more string noises, and is tuned DAda. The Guitar lapsteel has flats and is tuned DAdgad.