New 4-Hole Pullers upgrade for Shobuds

James Morehead · Post by **James Morehead** » 11 Jun 2014 1:14 pm

I make these new 4-Hole Pullers as an upgrade from the traditional 2-Hole Pullers for the pre-Super Pro era(hexagon) Shobuds. Of course, they will work on any round 5/16" cross shaft/guitar. What advantage that the 4-Hole Pullers have over the 2 Hole Pullers is--better "timing of your pulls" potential. The last picture compares the traditional with the new style.

John Billings · Post by **John Billings** » 11 Jun 2014 1:18 pm

James!
Excellent, as always!

Ricky Davis · Post by **Ricky Davis** » 11 Jun 2014 2:32 pm

Well that's about better than Sliced Bread right there....awesome Bro.
Ricky

Carl Williams · Post by **Carl Williams** » 11 Jun 2014 3:07 pm

Just another dandy contribution to Pedal Steel Guitar out of Oklahoma!

Fine looking work James...Carl

Tom Gorr · Post by **Tom Gorr** » 11 Jun 2014 5:12 pm

Will they work with a 1u/1d changer with the steel Allen cap rods?...eg not the nylon hex nuts...

James Morehead · Post by **James Morehead** » 11 Jun 2014 5:28 pm

Tom Gorr wrote:Will they work with a 1u/1d changer with the steel Allen cap rods?...eg not the nylon hex nuts...

Absolutely.

Tom Gorr · Post by **Tom Gorr** » 11 Jun 2014 6:15 pm

I still haven't got around to figuring out the details of my intended order, haha, but this might motivate me.

Ian Stynes · Post by **Ian Stynes** » 11 Jun 2014 6:35 pm

Nice one James!

-Ian

Skip Edwards · Post by **Skip Edwards** » 11 Jun 2014 9:34 pm

Wow...very, very cool.
Well done, James.

Tom Wolverton · Post by **Tom Wolverton** » 11 Jun 2014 10:32 pm

oh baby! now were talkin' !!!

Paul Redmond · Post by **Paul Redmond** » 11 Jun 2014 11:49 pm

A truly fine effort!!! You hit it out of the park!!!
PRR

Richard Sinkler · Post by **Richard Sinkler** » 12 Jun 2014 6:35 am

Great job James. Makes me wish I still had my Professional.

Jimmy Gibson · Post by **Jimmy Gibson** » 12 Jun 2014 7:03 am

What would they cost to post to the UK please?

Jimmy/

James Morehead · Post by **James Morehead** » 12 Jun 2014 7:20 am

Jimmy Gibson wrote:What would they cost to post to the UK please?
Jimmy/

Email me and I can get you more info.

Chris Lucker · Post by **Chris Lucker** » 12 Jun 2014 8:26 am

Do yu make them with set screws located for Fingertip cross shafts as well?

Bob Carlucci · Post by **Bob Carlucci** » 12 Jun 2014 8:49 am

James Morehead wrote:I make these new 4-Hole Pullers as an upgrade from the traditional 2-Hole Pullers for the pre-Super Pro era(hexagon) Shobuds. Of course, they will work on any round 5/16" cross shaft/guitar. What advantage that the 4-Hole Pullers have over the 2 Hole Pullers is--better "timing of your pulls" potential. The last picture compares the traditional with the new style.

REALLY nice!!!

Marco Schouten · Post by **Marco Schouten** » 12 Jun 2014 9:09 am

Superb!

James Morehead · Post by **James Morehead** » 12 Jun 2014 9:37 am

Chris Lucker wrote:Do yu make them with set screws located for Fingertip cross shafts as well?

Yes, We can place the setscrew to work on Fingertip cross shafts as well.

James Morehead · Post by **James Morehead** » 12 Jun 2014 9:39 am

Also, not pictured, we CAN broach these for use on hexagon cross shafts.

And yes, if you need the brass roller with a set screw, we do that, also. We like to use 8-32 set screws over the traditional 6-32, which are to easy to strip out.

Storm Rosson · Post by **Storm Rosson** » 12 Jun 2014 10:43 am

Great lookin parts as always James,...Stormy btw I threaded my old pro-II rods (5/40)and used nylon nuts to tune, these make changing pulls abreeze

Tom Wolverton · Post by **Tom Wolverton** » 12 Jun 2014 2:18 pm

James â€“ thatâ€™s a good call, switching from the #6 up to the #8. I used to recall the senior mechanical engineers at Hughes Aircraft saying â€œdonâ€™t even bother with a #6 fastener. The #8 is only slightly heavier and so much stronger. Itâ€™s a no-brainer.â€ In fact, in some design groups, #6 screws were banned. Glad to see you making the switch to the smarter thread size. Thatâ€™s mighty fine hardware youâ€™ve got there.

John Billings · Post by **John Billings** » 12 Jun 2014 2:20 pm

There are specs about just how strong threads are, and what they will hold. #8 holds way more than #6.

Bent Romnes · Post by **Bent Romnes** » 12 Jun 2014 5:06 pm

James I wish I could machine as clean as that. Beautiful work!

mike nolan · Post by **mike nolan** » 12 Jun 2014 5:37 pm

Great job James!

Ron Pruter · Post by **Ron Pruter** » 14 Jun 2014 9:11 pm

James, on so called, single raise , single lower changers, which we know is a wrongly applied phrase, the pull rod has to slide through all the different pullers followed by a barrel. Wouldn't changing one of these positions on one or more of your pullers, cause an alignment problem? Ron

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