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Top view of headless guitar roller tailpiece
Rollers will send the string ends into the box, and onward to tuning heads inside.
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Comment by Bruce Young on April 25, 2019 at 11:58am
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Daniel, I sourced the ball nearing rollers and the stainless steel dowel pins used as axles on Amazon. 20 rollers and 10 axles ended up like $20. That’s enough for four guitars.
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Comment by Daniel Walter on April 23, 2019 at 9:38am
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oops, just saw it in one of your other photos. milling machine.........hmmmmm.....
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rollers similar to yours available at a hardware store? what is that type of drill press called? seems like a drill press, router, and cnc machine rolled into one.
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