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Topic: hi, new or used steel guitar legs |
Gary Moore
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Mobile, Alabama, USA
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Posted 20 Aug 2004 7:56 am |
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| wants to buy new or used steel guitar legs thanks. |
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Ron Victoria
From:
New Jersey, USA
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Don Burrows
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Ashtabula, Oh. USA
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Posted 20 Aug 2004 8:28 am
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Gary, I make stainless steel legs of any length and any threaded insert to fit your guitar. Please E-Mail me for further details and pricing.
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Don Burrows
Builder of BSG Steel Guitars
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Peter
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Posted 22 Aug 2004 9:13 am
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Hi Don,
I bought a Sho-Bud Custom III and the threaded plug in one of the legs is slightly loose (wobbly).
What is the best way to fix this plug? I don’t think superglue will do it .
If I lived in the US, I would send it to a repair place, but South Africa is too far away.
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Peter den Hartogh
1978 Emmons S10 P/P; 1977 Sho-Bud D10 ProIII Custom;
1975 Fender Artist S10; Remington U12; 1947 Gibson BR4;
Internationally Accredited 3D Animation Academy
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Erv Niehaus
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Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 22 Aug 2004 11:52 am
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I'd mix up some epoxy resin if I were you. Maybe some of that JB Weld. That stuff is great. An auto parts store should have it.
Erv |
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John Bechtel
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Nashville, Tennessee, R.I.P.
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Posted 24 Aug 2004 8:57 pm
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1st. mark the position of the plug in the tube, then; pull the wobbly-plug, smear some Lok-Tite on the plug, be sure to give it at least a ¼ to ½ -turn and press/tap it back into the tube. This should last for quite a while! 
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“Big John” Bechtel
(2)-Fender ’49–’50 T–8 Customs
Fender ’65 Reissue Twin-Reverb Custom™ 15”
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Jerry Roller
From:
Van Buren, Arkansas USA
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Posted 24 Aug 2004 9:28 pm
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Peter, a very good way to fix that problem is to take the leg apart, put a steel rod inside and knock the threaded plug (insert) out of the leg. Open the jaws of a rather heavy vise about 5/8" apart so the plug can rest between the jaws of the vise. Take a chisel and a hammer and knock some "X" patterns all the way around the plug. Be sure and do enough of them to insure a tight fit. Do a row around the plug near both ends so it will now wobble in the leg. This has the same effect as "knurling". Place washers and a nut on the plug so the nut is slightly about the end of the plug so as to protect the threads on the plug. Now you are ready to drive the plug back into the leg. Drive in it tight and put the leg back together and it is good as new.
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Peter
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Posted 27 Aug 2004 4:55 am
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| Thanks guys, I'll get my tools together. |
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Ricky Davis
From:
Bertram, Texas USA
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Posted 27 Aug 2004 6:39 am
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Peter; just about every steel guitar I get over here has a loose insert or two. I fix'um the same way every time and will never loosen up again. I do exactly like Erv says. I pull the insert plug out a smidge where there is about a 1/8" gap. Then I mix up some JB Weld....and dab it in all the way around....>then SLAM it shut and wipe off excess on outside...and leave over night...and good as new.
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