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Tuner holes on purchased neck larger than tuner collar
Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2020 11:19 pm
by Ron Daves
When I prepared to install the Waverly tuners in my latest uke build , I found that the 4 pre-drilled headstock holes of the manufactured neck are 9.8 mm while the Waverly collars are 9 mm. I have considered plugging and re-drilling, gluing tiney splines around the hole sides or finding collars that will fit these 9.8 mm holes. Anyplace I can find bigger collars for these tuners? Any other ideas or suggestions?
Thanks for any help offered.
Ron
Re: Tuner holes on purchased neck larger than tuner collar
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2020 12:14 pm
by Barry Daniels
The 0.8 mm difference could easily be made up by wrapping a piece of masking tape around the tuner.
Re: Tuner holes on purchased neck larger than tuner collar
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2020 3:00 pm
by Ron Daves
Great idea! Simplicity at its best!
Re: Tuner holes on purchased neck larger than tuner collar
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2020 10:28 pm
by Alain Lambert
Aluminum tape even better!
Re: Tuner holes on purchased neck larger than tuner collar
Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2020 12:25 pm
by Clay Schaeffer
I bought some of those premade necks for some cigar box ukes I made. I wanted to keep the peghead weight down, so I plugged the holes, added a thin face veneer, and redrilled them so I could leave off the bushings. It does seem like they drilled overly large holes for most tuner applications.