I don't even know if this is an original idea so forgive me if this is just plagerism.. Reckon I have come up with a worm gear driven tuner for pence and not alot of effort. Take a hose clip 1"-! 1/2" diameter, and clamp in a vice with the adjuster uppermost and the screw slot to the right and cut right through the moving part of the band about 3/4 of the way around (away from the screw slot), then straighten/flatten out the band. you now have to drill two holes 1/8" (3.5mm). One in the long length 1/4" from the end, the other in the short piece that is still attached to the adjuster . You then bend the short piece so the it forms a right angle. Get a small nut and bolt drill a 1/16" (1.5mm) hole through the bolt/machine screw tight to the head. put the bolt through the hole in the long bit and screw on the nut. That's about it . Please see photo.

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Neat idea .... similar to an idea I'm gonna use for a headless design.

Matt
like it... might be good for a super prim rig...
Very creative, and it works. looks to me like he used it in a primative Sam.

Wichita Sam said:
like it... might be good for a super prim rig...
I tried this on a 3 stringer and it worked.  A bit fiddly to tune but it does work.  Funny thing was though that later I bought a set of 6 tuning pegs for $6 off ebayfor another project which worked out cheaper.  These are in shown in my profile photo on a 6 string lap steel CBG project that I am working on.  So far I have finished the head and most of the neck.

I like your thinking, and it will work.

I have two misgivings however. In my experience (Much use of these in a more "normal" application.) the worm drive mechanism is lets say less than precision, begins to wear and distort after just a few tightenings, and repeated movement will cause them to fail and slip in short order.

Second thought is that yeah they are cheap, but for all the effort modifying them and such you could have a set of economy tuners quite inexpesively in the first place. CB Gitty; set of six for under $8! Seriously thats cheap, and unless you are scrounging the hose clamps off dad's Buick, your not really saving any money!

Not knocking your innovatave thinking however, keep it fun!

Mark

takes about a minute to make one, err! precision on a stick in a box and I live in Britian no such thing as a cheap tuner over this side of the pond.lol P.S. as of yet not one slippage but they are only one string diddle bows. lol



Mark Bliss said:

I like your thinking, and it will work.

I have two misgivings however. In my experience (Much use of these in a more "normal" application.) the worm drive mechanism is lets say less than precision, begins to wear and distort after just a few tightenings, and repeated movement will cause them to fail and slip in short order.

Second thought is that yeah they are cheap, but for all the effort modifying them and such you could have a set of economy tuners quite inexpesively in the first place. CB Gitty; set of six for under $8! Seriously thats cheap, and unless you are scrounging the hose clamps off dad's Buick, your not really saving any money!

Not knocking your innovatave thinking however, keep it fun!

Mark

Field expedience at its best.  Great idea for a home-brewed rig!


Robert Edwin Keable said:

takes about a minute to make one, err! precision on a stick in a box and I live in Britian no such thing as a cheap tuner over this side of the pond.lol P.S. as of yet not one slippage but they are only one string diddle bows. lol

 

I see what your saying, and at that tension I can see them working fine. And on a Diddly Bow its really more of a string tensioner. Cool idea!

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