Nylon tuners

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Nylon tuners

Postby jivebiker » Fri Oct 11, 2019 3:11 pm

Hi All,

I am in need of nylon tuning nuts for my MCI Pedal Steel. I am hoping to try out some experimental copedents.

I have sourced 3/32" rod, and 4/40 die, but can't get 3/16" nylon hex rod anywhere. Also my tuners are rather long at 1 3/8". I can get shorter ones, but this would make tuning very tricky, if not impossible.

If anyone knows where I can get the rod, or complete 1 3/8 tuning nuts I will be very grateful. I am in the UK.

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Re: Nylon tuners

Postby JohnDavisStringsHere » Fri Oct 11, 2019 5:27 pm

what you can do as I have seen on the "William's " you fit two short ones and the first one you drill out for clearance the second one threads on to the rod......
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Re: Nylon tuners

Postby U_twelve » Fri Oct 11, 2019 11:16 pm

It’s getting harder to locate inch size stuff theses days.

You may find 5 mm hex rod easier. (Nylon, ABS or Delron)

It’s only about 9 thou of inch larger.
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Re: Nylon tuners

Postby Haddock » Mon Oct 14, 2019 6:32 am

Gerry Hogan sells tuning nuts http://www.steelguitars.co.uk/ in packs of 10. They’re plenty long enough and I like the material they’re made with which seems slightly oily in feel. Takes a bit of experimentation to get the correct clearance holes drilled as the pilot hole is very small.
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Re: Nylon tuners

Postby Jimmy Gibson » Mon Oct 14, 2019 9:35 am

Go onto EBay,put 2.5 nylon spacers that’s where I get all mine from,and they are very cheap,also they come in different lengths.


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