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Topic: DEKLEY changer issue |
Calvin Todd
From:
The Ozarks, MO
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Posted 13 Apr 2020 4:29 pm |
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Hello all!
I am having maybe an issue with my Dekley. It is an early model, pre slimline. I’ve just fabricated a new return spring mounting plate, as the original had bowed a lot (I also flattened the original).
I’m not sure if this is standard design for all changers, but it seems this plate here also acts as the neutral resting place for the changer fingers.
When installing the new flat plate (or the old now flat one for that matter), there is no longer contact between the raise part of the fingers and the “resting place†of the plate.. the raise part of the finger doesn’t want to stay put flat with the lower once I tune up!
Other dekleys seem to have flat plates in pictures... am I missing something here?
I’m thinking I’m just doing something wrong here maybe but I haven’t figured it out yet. Maybe I need to add material where the fingers meet the plate so that it stops both raise and lower?
Any suggestions? (Note in pics, only strings 10 and 9 have tension on them currently)
Maybe another way to word the issue is that the raise fingers pull past their neutral resting point because now that plate isn't arched up and touching them. It is effecting the netural position of my 1,2 raise lever for example, and other things. It has increased the travel of all raising movement...
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Jim Palenscar
From:
Oceanside, Calif, USA
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Posted 13 Apr 2020 6:39 pm
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| Loosen the 9th string, remove the 9th string return spring, push the raise scissor forward so that it is now in front of the plate, tap the stop plate down so that the raise scissor won't go underneath it, and reassemble. |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 14 Apr 2020 4:14 am
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| Both the raise and lower fingers should rest against the stop plate. This is probably why someone bent the original one. Do whatever you have to do (bend the plate, or put a lip on the plate) to make sure this is accomplished or you may have tuning problems. |
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Calvin Todd
From:
The Ozarks, MO
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Posted 14 Apr 2020 5:35 am
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Jim got to me on FB last night, gosh the internet is awesome!
Slightly curved/pitched the plate. Works perfectly now.
Thanks to you all! |
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