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Permalink Reply by Murray on November 7, 2020 at 6:20am

Small (jeweler's?) files. There flat, round, square & curved shapes. Probably the square. The square ones can be <1/8" wide & if you find the right set, may taper from a point to the widest part.

Try C.B. Gitty. If you don't see anything like that, maybe Harbor Freight or other economical tool place.

Murray

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Permalink Reply by Murray on November 7, 2020 at 6:22am

I have more than one set, all 'disposable' quality, I think from a low-end import tool store that closed.

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Permalink Reply by JD on November 7, 2020 at 8:26am

Thanks, I was thinking it would be something like that.

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Permalink Reply by BrianQ. on November 7, 2020 at 6:32am

I learned an easy trick for this back in my days on the road: you hang the end of a gun type solder iron on the tuner & when it heats up , you press the tuner button on, done. make sure you drill a smaller pilot hole in the new tuner button, this makes it easier to Center & make sure to take the tuner off the guitar before you add heat? 

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Permalink Reply by JD on November 7, 2020 at 8:32am

Great idea. Will it work for wood?

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Permalink Reply by BrianQ. on November 7, 2020 at 12:06pm

As long as it’s not glaring hot, it should. The metal will cool down rapidly if it’s not too hot? Another way I’ve seen, is to do two halves. One half has a flat channel & the other has a round channel. When they’re glued together, they make the perfect shape? 

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Permalink Reply by JD on November 8, 2020 at 9:22am

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