GImmee a day or two to find and consult my notes. The essential idea is that either the shaft or the drones are going to be parellel with the soundboard. I don't remember wht. Angling the shaft lowers the wheel-end. This alloww for a bigger wheel in a smaller space, &c. Then the bevel on the wheel allows the other end to "cone in". He was explaining the theory behind the old plans, as I remember it wasn't predictive. If I find anything helpful, I'll let you know.
I use delrin myself. and I still but the whole in because it bothers me not to see it. Kinda like that picture of Adam and Eve without navels. Later, Roy On Dec 5, 2007 4:18 PM, John Tappan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Glad to see there's still some building going on, so I thought I'd just > go ahead and ask a few questions since I haven't been on in a while. I have > been following the discussions, but mostly just thinking about the whole > process. All that thinking is starting to hurt, so I suppose after > Christmas I'll have to actually get started on a Varquain-based hg. Anyway, > some questions for you builder-types: > > > > One, have seen a reference in the archives to Helmut Gotschy's explanation > of why the wheel should be set at an angle to the belly, not parallel—but I > haven't seen that explanation, and it's not on his website, either. Does > anyone still have that at hand? > > > > Two, is delrin the current favorite for shaft bearings? I'm considering > lignum vitae, since that's a more or less self-lubricating wood. The > question for lignum is, would it still require an oiling hole as I've seen > on several models? Somebody talk me out of it, or into something else! > > > > Three, a number of instruments are being built with onboard electronic > tuners. It works nicely on my guitar, I'd think that with some 46 or so > tangents, it could be a big help in getting set up. Pros and cons? And if > pro, every source I've been able to found has external (self-contained) > units. Is there a source for one that could be built in, or do you just > "build one in" whether it's made to be or not? > > > > Thanks > > John T >
