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Permalink Reply by Dianne Woods on January 7, 2010 at 7:54am

Hey Eric, I am going to use on my first CBG the red caps that came off syringes. One of my dogs is a dietabetic, and he has to have two injections a day. I was throwing the red caps away until I thought of reusing them on the tail piece. I was so surprised I had come up with the idea. After joining this community, I look at things in a different light, now. It is one idea. Some use rivet barrels, shoe string eyelets, grommets with 3/16" hole. At the Hobbylobby store, grommets are sold a hundred for $3 with six colors. Michael's Craft Store has the black, chrome, and gold grommets. I thought about using 22 rifle empty shells. I hope this helps you. Good luck.

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Permalink Reply by Diane in Chicago on January 7, 2010 at 8:15am

watch out for those grommets from the scrapbooking secction of the craft store -- they are often made of very soft metal and the strings cut right into them.

I use rivet barrels, or run a piece of fretwire right next to the holes so the strings rest on that when the come off the tailpiece.

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Permalink Reply by Eric "psychoboy" Henderson on January 7, 2010 at 8:23am

Thanks so much, Rivet barrels are what I want to use and will find some eventually. Thanks again.

Diane in Chicago said:

watch out for those grommets from the scrapbooking secction of the craft store -- they are often made of very soft metal and the strings cut right into them.

I use rivet barrels, or run a piece of fretwire right next to the holes so the strings rest on that when the come off the tailpiece.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Gajeski on January 7, 2010 at 9:17am

I use tension pins. they have them with the nuts and bolts at lowes and home depot.

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Permalink Reply by Eric "psychoboy" Henderson on January 7, 2010 at 9:26am

Saw those but I want something that has metal above the hole although I may resort to those on some future build. Thanks for the input.

Michael Gajeski said:

I use tension pins. they have them with the nuts and bolts at lowes and home depot.

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Permalink Reply by Wichita Sam on January 7, 2010 at 9:32am

pop rivet grommets... slap the middle out of the rivet and you have a 1/8" shank and a 1/4" cap. you can get pop rivet grommets in Alumimum, steel and chrome plated...

very easy to use and readily available....

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Permalink Reply by Dan Sleep on January 7, 2010 at 9:50am

You can also go to your local hobby store and buy Dubro servo mount hardware. The package contains a bunch of brass rivets that are the perfect size. I just drill a hole and super glue the rivet in place. About $2.00 for the package.

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/WTI0001P?I=LXD647&P=8

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Permalink Reply by Ronnie Retherford on January 7, 2010 at 2:27pm

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Permalink Reply by Ronnie Retherford on January 7, 2010 at 2:29pm

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Permalink Reply by Noisemaker59 on January 7, 2010 at 2:44pm

I use the pop rivet grommets also...plus I use the shafts for frets...just need a slight trim and file down the sharp ends.

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Permalink Reply by Clare on March 7, 2010 at 12:18pm

Hi Guys, how do you slap the middle out of the rivet?

Wichita Sam said:

pop rivet grommets... slap the middle out of the rivet and you have a 1/8" shank and a 1/4" cap. you can get pop rivet grommets in Alumimum, steel and chrome plated...

very easy to use and readily available....

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Permalink Reply by Wichita Sam on March 7, 2010 at 12:32pm

clare... hold the rivet with a pair of pliers, slap the pin again a hard surface and it pops out. ... Sam


Clare said:

Hi Guys, how do you slap the middle out of the rivet?

Wichita Sam said:

pop rivet grommets... slap the middle out of the rivet and you have a 1/8" shank and a 1/4" cap. you can get pop rivet grommets in Alumimum, steel and chrome plated...

very easy to use and readily available....

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