Pedal Rod Spacing
Pedal Rod Spacing
This has been asked before in a different way (Pedal Spacing). I believe it was Pat who uses 2 3/4 inch spacing. I hate to be contrary but I drew it up on my proto board this morning and it seems too wide. 2 1/4 inch seems more reasonable to me with a 1 inch pedal.
Is there a standard, some other ball park figure or is it personal preference.
Is there a standard, some other ball park figure or is it personal preference.
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I go with Storm and his fessy etc... I used 2 3/4" on my last two and wish I had used 2 1/2" with my 1" pedals. Once in a long while my foot wants to slip off either A or B pedal. No fun.
The only reason I did this at building time was that I had some difficulty making pedal cranks that I felt were long enough for the correct leverage. It gets to be somewhat of a headache to place the cross shafts 2 1/2" apart and then maybe having to slip a cross shaft for a knee lever in there and still make adequate room for everything including the right pedal crank.
The only reason I did this at building time was that I had some difficulty making pedal cranks that I felt were long enough for the correct leverage. It gets to be somewhat of a headache to place the cross shafts 2 1/2" apart and then maybe having to slip a cross shaft for a knee lever in there and still make adequate room for everything including the right pedal crank.
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2 1/2" on my GFI.
Wish I had real skinny feet then I could scrunch 8 pedals down to the width of four!
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2 1/2" on my GFI.
Wish I had real skinny feet then I could scrunch 8 pedals down to the width of four!
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Eldon,
if you make your pedals spacing shorther...you'll have to do the same with all you cross shafts underneath, and by having the shafts closer it'll make the pedal travel shorther and harder, i'll say it again...when you change a measurement somewhere it affects somewhere else so you have to have everything figured and planed out before you start your build, if you haven't started yet than it's ok
, i use the measurement 2-3/4" same as sho-bud ,MSA and Emmons and most.
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if you make your pedals spacing shorther...you'll have to do the same with all you cross shafts underneath, and by having the shafts closer it'll make the pedal travel shorther and harder, i'll say it again...when you change a measurement somewhere it affects somewhere else so you have to have everything figured and planed out before you start your build, if you haven't started yet than it's ok
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Storm, i dont know about Fessenden but i know for a fact that Sho-bud use 2- 3/4" pedals wide, i have bought and used narrow sho-bud pedals on my last build and i also have one left here and it measures 2- 3/4", also the pedals i've used for my #2 build were from a Linkon Steel and it measured 2-3/4", it makes sense cause you'll have problems fitting cross shafts ect...,maybe the fessy has somekind of spacing in between pedals i'm not sure.
, it up to you if you want to have a cramped up undercarriage with no room to work, make sure you measure the distance from the middle of the pedals to the middle of the other...cause if you measured the distance in between pedals it'll give you something like 2 /1/2".
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7U3HwxAldw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2GhZTN_yXI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvDTw2zNriI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIYiaomZx3Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7U3HwxAldw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2GhZTN_yXI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvDTw2zNriI
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That's what i said...2-3/4" distance cross shafts and the pedals is the same.
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Click the links to listen to my Comeau's pedal steel guitars
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIYiaomZx3Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7U3HwxAldw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2GhZTN_yXI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvDTw2zNriI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIYiaomZx3Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7U3HwxAldw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2GhZTN_yXI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvDTw2zNriI
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Got it guys, thanks informative as usual. Diagram says it all Pat, Still prototyping parts so I haven't committed yet. Thanks!
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