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Topic: Where the heck do you find screws for old tuning machines |
Kevin Greenberg
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Lakewood, CA
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Posted 6 May 2008 2:51 pm |
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I've got this old fender D-8 with them fricken lollipop tuners(blast them things to hell), and I need replacement screws for the little brass gears. I was tuning up after rewinding that trapezoid pickup(blast that thing to hell as well), and what do you know, the damn string slipped. I yelled "FRICK!" at the top of my lungs, and I find out the little screw holding on the little brass gear BARELY grabs on with a few threads to the tuner shaft. The end of the screw stripped. Lucky the threads in the shaft are ok. I WAS going to get some a little longer. So I go out to find some this morning, and low and behold, it's not metric or standard.I want to keep the ashtrays all stock if possible. The original appears to have a 3/32" diameter shaft with 36 threads per inch, and 3/8" long total. Never seen that size anywhere. What the hell is it? Out of production screw sizes? You guys got any bright ideas?
Last edited by Kevin Greenberg on 7 May 2008 2:43 am; edited 2 times in total |
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Bill Creller
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Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 6 May 2008 4:02 pm
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Someone on here will likely respond. I gave a bunch of those tuner parts to someone here for repairing folks guitars, but I forgot who it was.  |
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Gary Stevenson
From:
Northern New York,USA
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Posted 6 May 2008 4:56 pm
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| Guess what? I have a extensive collection of tuner key parts. I must have 30 to 40 various screws. If interested, I can send several at no cost.Just need an address. |
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Kevin Greenberg
From:
Lakewood, CA
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Posted 7 May 2008 2:07 am screws
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| Gary, I sent you a p.m. with my address. Thanks a million. |
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Thomas Ludwig
From:
Augsburg, Germany
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Posted 7 May 2008 2:11 am
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Kevin,
who did the rewinding of your trapezoid pickup??
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Kevin Greenberg
From:
Lakewood, CA
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Posted 7 May 2008 2:45 am
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| Thomas, I rewound it myself, but advise against it unless you have a boatload of patience, or a bit of practice. I have neither. |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 7 May 2008 6:21 am
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| Jerry Wallace rewound some trapezoid pickups for me. |
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Andy Sandoval
From:
Bakersfield, California, USA
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Posted 7 May 2008 8:44 am
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| Kevin Greenberg wrote: |
| I've got this old fender D-8 with them fricken lollipop tuners(blast them things to hell) |
I got lucky I guess. I bought a 55' Fender T-8 Stringmaster with the "lollipop" tuners and they work great. |
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Kevin Greenberg
From:
Lakewood, CA
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Posted 7 May 2008 2:19 pm lollipops
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Erv, I was going to have Jerry do it for me, but I was too stubborn for my own good. Thomas, take note and call Jerry Wallace.
Andy, these ones worked great, then a few days ago it slipped. beware of those short gear screws. If I find some to replace them, I'm changing all of them out to longer ones. I just hope I don't have to go through the whole tuner pan "remodel". |
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