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| Author: | John Elshaw [ Sat Jun 09, 2007 11:30 am ] |
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I am rebuilding an old guitar and in the process am going back to the original Kluson style deluxe tuners. The Grovers that were on there had the holes drilled slightly larger than the the Kluson tuners need. The bushing that goes in the hole is just pressed in and doesn't screw to the tuner peg in any way. The guitar is stripped down to bare wood so all options are on the table. I was thinking I might glue a piece of hardwood dowel in each hole and then redrill. The headstock will be painted black so I don't have to worry about possible filling or sanding showing through. What would you guys do? Thanks! John |
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| Author: | Pwoolson [ Sat Jun 09, 2007 11:32 am ] |
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I think I'd fill with epoxy and re drill them to the right size. |
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| Author: | Kim [ Sat Jun 09, 2007 11:56 am ] |
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As Paul suggest or you could glue in dowel as you suggest. I have done both before and I have also face planned the headstock back to the nut reducing thickness a little, glued the dowels into the old holes and then glued on a new veneer over the top bringing the headstock back to original thickness. This allows you to do an inlay or what ever you want. Cheers Kim |
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| Author: | MSpencer [ Sat Jun 09, 2007 12:42 pm ] |
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I don't use much epoxy so I don't keep any on hand, so I would glue in a hardwood dowel and redrill. Mike |
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| Author: | Bill Greene [ Sat Jun 09, 2007 1:16 pm ] |
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Hardwood dowel...I've done it, works just great. |
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| Author: | Steve Kinnaird [ Sat Jun 09, 2007 1:46 pm ] |
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John the dowel will work great. However, if you wish for a bit more elegant solution, get yourself a plug cutter, and cut the right sized plug out of the same species as the head. That way you can orient the grain in the same direction as the surrounding wood, and expansion/contraction issues will be nil. Then, redrill the correct size. Steve |
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| Author: | bertoncini [ Sat Jun 09, 2007 2:09 pm ] |
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Stewart MacDonald sells oversize bushings for that very use you are talking about....as long as someone didn't get carried away and butcher it when Grovers were installed |
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| Author: | Steve Saville [ Sat Jun 09, 2007 4:46 pm ] |
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[QUOTE=Steve Kinnaird] John the dowel will work great. However, if you wish for a bit more elegant solution, get yourself a plug cutter, and cut the right sized plug out of the same species as the head. That way you can orient the grain in the same direction as the surrounding wood, and expansion/contraction issues will be nil. Then, redrill the correct size. Steve[/QUOTE] Steve, I was thinking the same thing. It must be a Steve thing! I would be very concerned about expansion/contraction with a dowel that diameter, except most of the dowel will be drilled out. I don't know, but I don't think it would be a problem. Still, using a plug cutter and orienting the grain in the same direction, I think would be best practice. |
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| Author: | LouisianaGrey [ Sat Jun 09, 2007 9:34 pm ] |
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No, it's not just a Steve thing, I've done it too. Pete |
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