New From Stew Mac - geared dowel pointing cutter!

[swarfrat]

Saw this and wondered how long it'll be until they're selling Pencil Sharpeners.

[youtube]https://youtu.be/wTvHeiRMUWM[/youtube]
http://www.stewmac.com/How-To/Trade_Secrets/Tuning_problems_fixed_and_a_guitar_lesson.html

 

[Logrinn]

Very nice. Cool way to show of some tech stuff by combining it with some music.

 

[rgand]

Pure tech is fine but you're right, combining it with some music adds another level to it.

 

[bagman67]

I dunno, I'm not as wise in the ways of guitar repair as Dan Erlewine, but I flinched when I saw him pound the plugs in using a nailset, visualizing a worst-case-scenario split running the length of the headstock.

 

[AirCap]

I dunno, I'm not as wise in the ways of guitar repair as Dan Erlewine, but I flinched when I saw him pound the plugs in using a nailset, visualizing a worst-case-scenario split running the length of the headstock.

That wasn't pounding. That's tapping. BIG difference, OK?

 

[amigarobbo]

That wasn't pounding. That's tapping. BIG difference, OK?

That's what I told the judge.


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[Cagey]

That wasn't pounding. That's tapping. BIG difference, OK?

That's what she said :laughing7:

Seriously, while that appears to be a clever trick, I believe it's of little or no value in the situation they were dealing with. If you were just plugging for cosmetics so you could paint over a level surface, maybe it would work, although I'm still skeptical. Looks to me like a lick and a promise used to get something out of the shop as quickly as possible. But, if you need to move a mounting hole for a tuner by 1/8" or less, you want to fill the hole, not just cover it up. You still need a hole to drive a screw into. With nothing but the point of a stick on the entrance to the existing hole, when you drill close by you're likely to either end up drilling on an angle as the bit follows the path of least resistance, or breaking the bit. Or both. At least if the old hole is completely plugged, the wood looks more like a solid piece to the drill bit, and you've got a better chance of actually getting a new hole in the place you want.

 

[bagman67]

Well, pounding vs. tapping aside,  i don't reckon it's crucial to fill the hole perfectly when you have another screw at the other end of the tuning machine to anchor it and and keep it properly oriented.  Still,  it has the feel of a jury rig,  which I am unaccustomed to seeing from Erlewine.

 

[swarfrat]

I was mostly poking fun at Stew-Mac's propensity for selling custom single purpose jigs and tooling that would normally be made in the shop.  But I kind of do have a problem with the rather extreme taper. I know the tuner screw is basically a locating pin, but that's the only reason I'd give this a pass.

 

[Cagey]

On tuners like those, the screws are actually holding the tuner in. On most others that use a threaded bushing from the top, the screw is just an anti-rotation pin.

 

[amon]

Check out that weird red Tele in the background.