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Topic: Installing knee lever Flags |
Paul Strojan
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California, USA
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Posted 26 May 2024 6:54 pm |
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| I am in the process of putting some knee lever flags on my Magnum D-10. I have cut some flags out of 1/4 inch aluminum and I am wondering if there is a good way of drilling holes in the knee levers without removing them from the guitar? |
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John Hyland
From:
South Australia
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Posted 27 May 2024 1:27 am
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| If you don’t wish to remove the lever I think your only option is to incorporate a clamp style fixing on the flag. |
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Rich Cottle
From:
Sacramento California
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Posted 9 Jun 2024 8:25 am Flags
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| Yeah what do you mean by flags ? |
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John Hyland
From:
South Australia
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Posted 9 Jun 2024 1:36 pm Re: Flags
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| Rich Cottle wrote: |
| Yeah what do you mean by flags ? |
They re a flat panel which has provides more surface area against the knee to give better access and less pressure on the knee. |
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Barry Coker
From:
Bagley Alabama, USA
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Posted 10 Jun 2024 3:45 am
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To do it RIGHT you realy need to remove the lever. Drill and countersink the flag and then use it as a template to mark and drill the the lever. I tap 8/32 threads in the lever and use short Stainless Steel screws.
The other option is clamp on as John said:
Good luck
Barry
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Ian Worley
From:
Sacramento, CA
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Posted 10 Jun 2024 2:16 pm
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Sometimes large flags create issues with folding levers down for packing, they'll hang up on other components. This is a simple way to make flags that are easy to remove and reinstall quickly, these are 1/8" 6160:
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Rich Cottle
From:
Sacramento California
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Posted 11 Jun 2024 8:55 pm Flaggs
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I call em fins or extention fins ,Mullens uses 3/32 " thickness , I think 1/4" thickness would be a little overkill , I've never seen any guitar that uses 1/4"
, I would suggest that you disconnect it from the guitar that way you can use a drill press and get everything lined up , of course there's never enough time to do it right , but alaways enough time to do it over.
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