Timbuck
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I'm doing some experiments with Friction Violin pegs 1/4 & 1/8th small pegs tune best but slip easier due to less friction area...Large pegs slip less but tuning is difficult due to the dia of the peg
I knocked up this idea ..I took an old violin ebonized maple peg I had kicking around the workshop made a simple brass spigot like metal tuners have (this one is 1/8" dia) and fitted it deep into the end of the wooden peg, at first I tried reducing the end of the peg in the lathe but it just broke off..... The idea is to get a budget fine tuning violin type peg...Due to the leverage principle there's less chance of slipping, so we get the best of both sizes ...I did a mock test set up on a piece of wood & I was supprised how well it really really works. Now all we have to do is find someone who will manufacture these for us.
:cheers:
I knocked up this idea ..I took an old violin ebonized maple peg I had kicking around the workshop made a simple brass spigot like metal tuners have (this one is 1/8" dia) and fitted it deep into the end of the wooden peg, at first I tried reducing the end of the peg in the lathe but it just broke off..... The idea is to get a budget fine tuning violin type peg...Due to the leverage principle there's less chance of slipping, so we get the best of both sizes ...I did a mock test set up on a piece of wood & I was supprised how well it really really works. Now all we have to do is find someone who will manufacture these for us.
:cheers:
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