Folkcraft® Machine Heads, Open Gear, Chrome Button, Four Pack

Name: Folkcraft® Machine Heads, Open Gear, Chrome Button, Four Pack
Brand: Folkcraft
SKU: 2340084
Price: 23.0 USD
Availability: InStock

Item Number 2340084

Regular price $23.00

These open-gear tuners have a 14:1 gearing ratio and a small chrome button. The post is just a hair over 1" long, and has a diameter of .236", which means it fits perfectly in a 1/4" hole. The post has two holes in it. The first hole is approximately 1/2" from the inside of the plate, and the second hole is approximately 7/8" from the inside of the plate. The machine heads can be used for either vertical (with a scroll head) or horizontal (with a flat head) mounting.

At Folkcraft Instruments, this open gear chrome button machine head is our preferred choice for the instruments we build with scroll heads. We generally do not use the bushings that are included with these dulcimer tuning gears.

Machine heads, Open gear, Bone-colored button,4 pack

The package of machine heads include the necessary tiny mounting screws as well as the decorative chrome colored grommets. The grommets measure at about 5/16 inch in diameter so I used a letter 'O' drill bit to make the mounting holes. Instead of pounding them into position I used a 'C' Clamp and pressed them into the holes. The pilot holes for the screws that hold the machine heads in place were drilled with a #50 drill making them easy to screw into place using a small Phillips head screwdriver - i was concerned about stripping the slot for the screwdriver if the pilot hole was too small. As I recall, the description for the set of four mentions that 2 right and 2 left machines are included and such was the case thus allowing all four to be turned in the same rotational direction to adjust string tension no matter which side of the peg head they are mounted on. Very nice and smooth to use. So far they hold the tension accurately from day to day.