Steel Guitar Builder

Thanks for that tip, Will. (I don't have a lathe.) The drilled end of the 3/8" square bar seems plenty robust to me. I like that it avoids having an aluminum pin. I have a prejudice against aluminum bearing surfaces. The one in the photo has a brass pin in one end - to facilitate tapping screw holes...

I don't have an answer for your question, but I thought you might be amused by this photo my girlfriend snapped of me doing a goofy thing: checking the pull needed to overcome string tension by putting weights in a plastic bag. This was to determine roughly what spring I needed for the E lower on th...

Works for me.