Tuner holes bit small

[moobox]

Or not maybe but please tell me.

I ordered and received a neck from Warmoth. It is like this:
Construction Vintage Modern
Orientation Right Handed
Shaft Wood Maple
Fingerboard Wood Maple
Nut Width 1 3/4"
Back Contour Fatback
Fretwire SS6115 (Stainless)
Tuner ream Schaller (25/64", 11/32")
Mounting Options Standard 4 Bolt
Fret Number 22
Radius 10-16" Compound
Inlays No Inlay, Side Dots Only
Nut Install No Nut Install

And I alsoi ordered  Schaller Mini Locking Tuner, Left Side, Chrome  - 6 of them.

The neck is not finished and I'm still looking at it thinking what I'll finish it with. But anyway, I took out the machines and I tried just fitting and it seems that they are pretty tight and dont seat all the way. There is a little bit that will need some additional persuasion ot get the tuners to seat flush against the headstock. Is that the way it is supposed to be?

Cheers - Ed

 

[sduck]

The sperzel tuners I just fit to my new neck were a very tight fit, but did manage to seat properly. Perhaps you just need to run a drill through the holes - same size as the existing holes, but just enough to loosen up the fit.

 

[Cagey]

Or not maybe but please tell me.

And I alsoi ordered  Schaller Mini Locking Tuner, Left Side, Chrome  - 6 of them.

The neck is not finished and I'm still looking at it thinking what I'll finish it with. But anyway, I took out the machines and I tried just fitting and it seems that they are pretty tight and dont seat all the way. There is a little bit that will need some additional persuasion ot get the tuners to seat flush against the headstock. Is that the way it is supposed to be?

Yes, they're tight, and supposed to be. By hand, you'll probably have between 1/16" and 1/8" left to close up once you've pushed them in as far as they'll go. Don't try to open the holes up or you'll wreck 'em - there's a shelf in there. Just push the bodies in as far as you can and thread the top retainer bushings on until they're flush, then tighten them up with a 10mm socket. It'll pull the tuner in the rest of the way. Or, if you like to live dangerously, you could spank on the tuner bodies with a small fret hammer...

...or, try squeezing them in with a clamp...

Either way will work, but you will be applying pressure to the locking pin flange that it's not designed to take so there's some risk of breakage.

 

[AutoBat]

I pushed a bit hard on my Schaller lockers until they got most of the way thru, put the face side bits in, then made the two mate with a socket wrench. This was with a finish applied by W. YMMV.

 

[moobox]

Thanks fellas
Feel a lot better. I'll just go for tightening them flush gently with the socket is what I think is safest as I ordered the neck drilled for those tuners.