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Topic: Source for 0.100" pull rods |
Steve Ahola
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Concord, California
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Posted 7 Oct 2011 11:50 pm |
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I need to make up one for my Fessenden Six Shooter about 27" long which is threaded on one end and bent 90 degrees on the other. I can find 1/8" rod which is too big and 3/32" rod which is too small.
Is 0.100" a standard diameter for pull rods? It is a good diameter for 4-40 threads. Or is it okay to put 4-40 threads on 3/32" rod for the threaded nylon bushing? According to the tap and die charts 3/32" is too small for 4-40 but it could be different with the pedal steel guitars.
I see that the 4-40 x 1" Threaded Nylon Standoffs (Female) are available from Mouser (#534-1902E)
Here are the numbers for same but in 6-32 and 8-32 threads in case anyone is wondering:
#534-1903E 6-32 x 1"
#534-1904E 8-32 x 1"
Thanks in advance for any help with this!
Steve Ahola
P.S. I am going to try to get the OEM part from Fessenden but that might take awhile to happen hence my DIY approach right now.
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Bill Moore
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Manchester, Michigan
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Posted 8 Oct 2011 5:51 am
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| The Fessy rods are 7/64" or .109. Stainless rods are hard to find in this size, but you can get drill rod in that size pretty easily. The thread on the 7/64" rods should be 5-40. It will be very hard to do a 4-40 thread on 7/64" rods. 3/32 rods can be found at any welding supply store, 4-40 works fine with them. I would just use the 3/32", 4-40 thread, rods and George L tuning nuts,rather than the stand-offs. |
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 8 Oct 2011 7:38 am
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Have you tried to get a rod from Fessenden?
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 8 Oct 2011 8:41 am
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| .109 same as Emmons LeGrande. Try a welding shop or probably Jerry Roller can fix you up too. |
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Steve Ahola
From:
Concord, California
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Posted 8 Oct 2011 10:17 am
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Thanks for all of your suggestions! I'm not sure how well it will work with 3 pulls on the A pedal so I want to first test it out with the 3/32" rod that I can get locally.
This is what I have been using. E9th pedals up and A6 pedals down sound great, but I'm not crazy about the chords produced with each pedal sounds individually:
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SIX SHOOTER ALTERNATE TUNING (E9th)
PEDALS GAUGES
A B
E .015
B ++C# .018
G# +A .024w
F# .028
D ++E .032
B ++C# .038
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I want to test out the following variation of that since it will give me a really nice E6add9 chord on the A pedal and a Esus7add9 on the B pedal (while keeping the same E9th and A6th tunings pedals up and pedals down):
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SIX SHOOTER ALTERNATE TUNING (Version 2) (E9th)
PEDALS GAUGES
A B
E .015
B ++C# .018
G# +A .024w
F# .028
D ++E .032
B ++C# .038
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Any suggestions on gauges would be welcome.
Steve
P.S. Once I get up to speed on the li'l Fessy I can move over to my Sho Bud S-10 #6139. I'm using the Six Shooter as a non-pedal steel with pedals (  ) to switch between different tunings- a super lap steel with legs so to speak.
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Jerry Roller
From:
Van Buren, Arkansas USA
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Posted 9 Oct 2011 5:27 pm
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Steve, I do have the 7/64" stainless rod. Thanks for the mention Jerry O.
rollermusic@cox.net |
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