So I really like the idea of taking non-musical parts and making a musical instrument, or at the very least, making the part yourself. Using machine heads is sort of like cheating to me and sort of kills the spirit of "this something I threw together with crap I found in my garage."
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Love this idea! On a side note regarding salt: I build wood core fiberglass boats and I find that salt from sailing, once it gets to the wood, draws lots of moisture from the air. During a phase of making some tobacco pipes I learned a trick for fixing loose tenons. Beeswax. With a good coat of it on the dowels (and probably also friction pegs) followed by a little back-and-forth to create friction - and thus, heat - the dowels or pegs should snug up nice and tight. I haven't had the opportunity to try this out for myself yet but I plan to. Just thought I'd contribute something I learned. It definitely works a treat on my pipes!
Thanks for the post Ted. I like your idea. Pretty cool. I think I am going to try that.
@Ted - wow, that looks great! A bit like a medieval siege engine (a trebuchet I saw in Warwick,UK?)
It's very clean yet authentic. A master build, indeed.
Marshall, I use guitar tuners because they work, tune easily and stay that way while I try to play. I have made wing nut and bolt tuners, they worked ok but not as well and the real cost of them if I had to buy the parts is more than a cheap tuning machine. I'm not using them because they are the easy way out, and I think they are a real option.
If you really want to do something different go to a mom and pop music store that carries unique instruments from around the globe and check out how they have done it. My local shop has many African and Asian instruments with very crude tuners, not much different from Teds. You may get some good ideas there. Good luck and have fun with it.
On this one I had used a screw
http://www.cigarboxnation.com/photo/tuning-machine-made-out-of-a-sc...
On this one two locking nuts and a bolt whith a hole in it where chosen - as seen faintly at the bottom
http://www.cigarboxnation.com/photo/biddley-bow-1/prev?context=user
I think what Marshall said has been misread. "is sort of like cheating to me". He hasn't made a generalizing statement. Just described his personal preference. :)
Ted: WOW! Those are awesome! And the use of salt is very trick!
One thing I find gets lost in the idea that factory/"professional" made instruments sound way better is why? Sound is one of the few things that is so much a personal taste. A beer can mic sounds like a beer can mic. If that's the sound you want then best to use a beer can mic. CBG's sound like CBG's. Why buy a $2000 Les Paul when you want a fence wire on a gas can sound?
me thinks you hit a sore spot there Mr. Novak. Personally I agree with you 100%. However I also agree with those that say it is just too hard and that machines just do the job too well. So I use them, with my eyes wide open.
You DO realize that these posts are over 2 years old, right? I don't think Mr. Novak has been around for quite a while now...
Yeah. Evidently it DOES take a r-e-a-l-l-y long time to make a reamer and a peg-shaper.
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