I have used bicycle spoke ends(female threaded part) and also cut the ends of broken strings off and used the ball end to keep strings from digging into the wood.
How do you keep the ball end of your strings from digging into the wood?
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Good eye, Randy. I just saw some of these last week.
RandyRoosterGuitars said:
Another solution.... try your local 'craft' shop or haberdashery - the kind that sell beads, zips etc. Ask 'em for 1/8 inch eyelets, and your sorted. They come in many sizes, colours, shapes... and I just picked up a hundred for £2 :o)
Another solution.... try your local 'craft' shop or haberdashery - the kind that sell beads, zips etc. Ask 'em for 1/8 inch eyelets, and your sorted. They come in many sizes, colours, shapes... and I just picked up a hundred for £2 :o)
Ive inset the brass ferrules from the end of strings, they look cool and clean. Ive also found .25 brass allthread at home depot for bridges.I spin them in my drill with steal wool then carve a little cradle to seat it. I think its a cool look
Bike spokes come in different grades. Cheapest (like you find on WalMart bikes) are pretty soft steel and easily cut with a nipper.
The best are tough stainless steel and can be a bit harder. The nipples are actually pretty cheap, they come in brass, steel, and aluminum alloys.
I use the smallest nut or flat washer I can find at the hardware store (usally in brass) to run the string through,it keeps the ball from pulling into the wood. The bee keeping supply company "Dadant" makes a brass eyelet that is used to keep the wire from pulling into the wood of a hive frame (I use to be a beekeeper) .You can get 5000 for about $20.00 and the tool to install it for about $3.00. They also have spools of wire (1/2lb. spool -700 Ft.) for about $4.00 try this link : https://www.dadant.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=25_49 If you know a beekeeper they may have soom they will give you.
What are bike spokes made of anyway-much harder than fretwire! I chipped my fret nipper cutting a spoke last week.
Mark Werner said:
Good ideas with the bike spoke "nipples" and the rivets both. I've got plenty of bike bits around, I refurbish/repair the things for re-sale.
I've used both stainless steel and aluminum stock in the same way the pic above shows; the aluminum is easier to cut but the stainless looks better. I'll have to try brass on my next build.
Good ideas with the bike spoke "nipples" and the rivets both. I've got plenty of bike bits around, I refurbish/repair the things for re-sale.
I've used both stainless steel and aluminum stock in the same way the pic above shows; the aluminum is easier to cut but the stainless looks better. I'll have to try brass on my next build.
I just recently learned of the magic of the rivet. It saved the Christmas gift I was giving to a friend when I made the through body holes too big and the ball ends started creeping. Great suggestion...and cheap, too!
BrianQ. said:
If you take the long thing that looks like a nail out of a rivet, you've got the perfect string ferrule.
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RandyRoosterGuitars said:
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The best are tough stainless steel and can be a bit harder. The nipples are actually pretty cheap, they come in brass, steel, and aluminum alloys.
Mark Werner said:
I've used both stainless steel and aluminum stock in the same way the pic above shows; the aluminum is easier to cut but the stainless looks better. I'll have to try brass on my next build.
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