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Permalink Reply by Korrigan on December 20, 2017 at 1:40pm

You could screw on a metal plate with holes in it for the strings.

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Permalink Reply by Korrigan on December 20, 2017 at 1:41pm

Don't forget to shine the plate.  : )

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Permalink Reply by Paul Cezanne on December 20, 2017 at 1:50pm

I like that idea, plus I can use found metal scraps. It would obscure the grommet though..., I'll be clever. Thanks!

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Permalink Reply by Korrigan on December 20, 2017 at 2:21pm

I was thinking lose the grommets altogether in favor of a very shiny metal plate.

I also motion that henceforth shiny metal things used to cover up mistakes be known as opps-bling.

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Permalink Reply by darryl kernaghan on December 20, 2017 at 2:55pm

you can get pushbike spoke nuts for cents, come in many colours and polished metal finishes

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on December 20, 2017 at 3:00pm

use a pop rivet cap ( inserted) in wood  as a stopper .( also works on the top side  of guitar to stop string from cheese cutting into the wood )  semi shiny too. 

or..

slip on a small nut .

ps . slipping  a ball end on a nail makes a great roller  bridge also .

(for you whammy   monkeys out there ) ;-)

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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on December 20, 2017 at 7:15pm

The pop rivets are a good idea. I have used threaded inserts for string ferrels in the furniture hardware area of the hardware aisle at Lowe's. 

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Permalink Reply by Taffy Evans on December 21, 2017 at 5:29pm

Hi, I would threadle the strings through small 5/32" washers, they will sit flush with the underside of the top. See my post Tailpiece tip, the photo with the two arrows in it.

As a rule a hardwood "plate is put under the bridge area with a pin bridge, called a bridge plate, to protect the softer top wood. 

Taff

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Permalink Reply by Paul Cezanne on December 22, 2017 at 12:37pm

Here was my nickel fix...

That's the good news.

I keep on breaking strings so I'm going to put this aside for now, give up on the eye-bolts tuners and get some real tuners in.

But thanks for all the good ideas!

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