rodpacheco -> RE: The challenge issued by my school teacher (Mar. 8 2011 0:56:43)
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Alright, this is the thread where I asked for advice first on finishes, and then peg fitting. This below is the response Anders Eliasson provided. Cheers Anders!! http://www.foroflamenco.com/tm.asp?m=134932&appid=&p=&mpage=1&key=&tmode=&smode=&s=#134932 RE: advices on Finishes, por favor! (in reply to rodpacheco) Rod. Basically, depending on your pegshaver, make sure the blade is sharp !!!!!!!! and make sure the shaver and the reamer have the same conical angle!!!!! shave the pegs until they are 6,5 - 7mm thick at the finest point. drill the 6 holes in the headstock 90 degree angle. I personally prefer to position them in a traditional way, so that the 1st and 6th string are tuned the opposite way. Ream the holes slowly with a light touch on a nice day when noone is disturbing you! Final shave the pegs so that they fit Make holes in the peg. put strings on, tune the guitar, play it, sell it, get money, buy El guitarrero by Escribano. _____________________________ Fine flamenco and classical guitars: www.eliassonguitars.com http://news-from-the-workshop.blogspot.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It is true, you have to go very slow and gentle with the reamer. Lay out the peghole position so that the strings clear from the post to the slots on the saddle. It might mean that you have to "push in" the A and B strings a little (1mm) so that they clear, many makers do this, specially if the shape of your headstock is "V" opened. Once again, trace the holes and imaginary strings to the slots on saddle if you will. Then you drill the pegholes with a smaller bit (smaller than 1/4 of an inch, for that could be the width of the tip of the peg when you finish them) I believe 5.5mm would be good (so that the peg reamer can fit the drill hole at the tip, it measures a little more than 3/16'') so you use the drill hole as a guide for the reamer. Here´s where you have to take your time and really make sure that you keep the reamer SQUARED in relation to the headstock (vertical and horizontal) because the conical shape of the reamer tends to move, like when using a corkscrew!! it tends to "curl" sideways, etc. So take it very slow and check your progress every milimeter sort of!! so you can maintain the reamer as leveled and straight as possible. And the 6 Pegs are even!! When you get the reamer and the shaver, they both must have the same angle, check that, and as Anders said, MAKE Sure it is SHARP and also go slow, fraction by fraction shaving the peg. It is rewarding taking your time to perform this "complex" task, you will see that it takes its time and seems harder than it really is... you only have to be careful the first time around to understand how it works. Alright, hope this is good!! Let's get Rockin'!! Rodrigo Pacheco @ Delirio Hand-made Guitars
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