Tiny Mechanical Parts

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Tiny Mechanical Parts 2017-06-22 10:41:05 Post No.
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Tiny Mechanical Parts Anonymous 2017-06-22 10:41:05 Post No. [Report]

I bought a guitar off of eBay, normally a $750 guitar, got it for $150 because one of the tuners is busted. It's an automatic tuner, but the e tuner is busted so badly that not only will the auto-tuner not work, but I can even tune manually.

I took the thing apart, and all the gears were in a jumble, and the teeth are damaged and half of the gears, making it impossible to turn even when I put the gears back in their proper place. The previous owner must have tried to force it, and fucked it up even worse.

The obvious solution is to just put a regular post/tuner in its place, but I want to see if I can salvage this so the auto-tuner will work. Is there anywhere, online or otherwise, that I can purchase tiny gears such as the ones pictured? If I replace the damaged gears I can probably fix the whole thing.

Anonymous 2017-06-23 01:05:17 Post No.1197927
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>>1197853
Contact the company and see if they can just send a new one or buy one from them.

Anonymous 2017-06-23 01:31:46 Post No.1197935
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Anonymous 2017-06-23 01:31:46 Post No.1197935 [Report]

You can have your friend at the specialist metalworks shop laser cut or mill them for you for a few grand probably
Or, buy replacement auto-tuning pegs from Gibson for $40
http://techstore.gibson.com/min-etune/

Anonymous 2017-06-23 04:42:20 Post No.1198025
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Anonymous 2017-06-23 04:42:20 Post No.1198025 [Report]

>>1197935
Pfft these gears are made of plastic, no way I'm shelling out $40 for this cheap crap after I've seen how they're made on the inside

Thanks though, I can use this for the worst case scenario

Anonymous 2017-06-23 06:26:11 Post No.1198050
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Anonymous 2017-06-23 06:26:11 Post No.1198050 [Report]

>>1197853
You can get metal or plastic gears that look identical to this from RC servos. Buy one for cheap and see if they are compatible

Anonymous 2017-06-23 07:05:23 Post No.1198067
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Anonymous 2017-06-23 07:05:23 Post No.1198067 [Report]

>>1198050
Awesome, thanks dude

Anonymous 2017-06-23 07:37:28 Post No.1198083
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>>1198067
Np man

Pic related are typical servo gears. Count all the teeth, Google dimensions etc. As long as the teeth mesh, the ratio shouldn't matter, as far as I can tell

I'd recommend buying the full servo, rather than just the gears, as generally the entire servo is cheaper,and you get a nice little motor to keep

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