Owen Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 I am messing with cheap guitar parts and buildling a strat cos............ummmm........ Anyway, the machine heads I have bought have ferrules which are too small. I cannot be the first bodger to run into this issue. What do people do to wedge these things in? If anyone suggest that I plug the holes and re-drill then you need to know now that that is so far beyond my skillset that it is not true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 If it's only slightly too small then a wrap or two of tape would do the trick. No good if they're far to small obviously. 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjohn Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 I've pulled ferrules out with masking tape already on from factory fresh guitars. Doesn't take much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted March 13, 2020 Author Share Posted March 13, 2020 I tried electrical tape but it would not stick. I am now plumbing them in with blutack. If it works, great. If not I will try something else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooky_lowdown Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 38 minutes ago, owen said: I tried electrical tape but it would not stick. I am now plumbing them in with blutack. If it works, great. If not I will try something else. Not electrical tape, use plumbers tape. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted March 13, 2020 Author Share Posted March 13, 2020 Ta. I did have several rolls of plumbers tape. Of course, now I need it I cannot find it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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