So we're talking angled shaft AND beveled wheel? This gets more interesting all the time!
Personally, I think Adam and Eve did.if they didn't, how could they ever explain things to Cain and Abel? Thanks, John _____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Roy Trotter Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 1:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [HG] Building Questions 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
