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Location: Denver, PA USA | Hello folks,
I do setups and repairs and just got an Elite. I need to buy a truss rod wrench for it. I didn't find one that would work on Stewart Macs site. Where can I get one?
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Location: Carle Place, NY | Just get a set of allen wrenches from a hardware store. I'm not sure of the exact size but one in the set will fit. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Or Customer Service! |
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Location: Carle Place, NY | I checked the archives here and the size is 3/16". |
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Location: closely held secret | The nice thing about the Factory wrenches (who named them 'wrenches' anyway? it's just a piece of extruded steel...hmm..)... but I digress.
They're nice because of the extra length, you can get better leverage than a standard size Allen (and who was he anyway, getting a wrench named after him?)....
AHA! Thank goodness for Answers.com, and a fine coincidence as well:
"Allen wrench" was originally a trademark of Allen Manufacturing Company in Hartford, Connecticut in 1943. |
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Location: south east Michigan | And yet another world altering idea springs from the fertile minds of the folks in Hartford. |
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Location: North Idaho | Pickup a set of hex bit sockets for your 1/4 socket wrench set. You can then use extensions and the ratchet to easily adjust the rod. |
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Location: Warren,Pa. | So, Bill...get an official Ovation "Allen Wrench" from the service dept. when you come on the tour in May. John <>{ |
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by tdeej:
You can then use extensions and the ratchet to easily adjust the rod. ...or a DeWalt 18 volt High Torque cordless drill. :eek: |
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Location: North Idaho | ...or a DeWalt 18 volt High Torque cordless drill.
Yikes, I can almost picture someone trying that :D |
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Location: Denver, PA USA | Originally posted by bauerhillboy:
So, Bill...get an official Ovation "Allen Wrench" from the service dept. when you come on the tour in May. John <>{ I would love to do the tour. I got the DVD and watched it today. That looks neat. But this year it won't wok out. I am planning next year. Man that is a long way off. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Originally posted by Waskel:
...or a DeWalt 18 volt High Torque cordless drill. :eek:
I can see this is going to give Dave another idea for a thread like his string tubes and bowl paint threads. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
Originally posted by Waskel:
...or a DeWalt 18 volt High Torque cordless drill. :eek:
I can see this is going to give Dave another idea for a thread like his string tubes and bowl paint threads. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Too much editing on that last response and I don't want to try to fix it again. |
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Location: closely held secret | Oh, yeah. I would go for an powered truss rod adjustment implement. |
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Location: NW NJ | Call Al - I got one a couple of weeks ago from him - I think he's got them in stock. |
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Location: Denver, PA USA | Originally posted by worshipleader:
Call Al - I got one a couple of weeks ago from him - I think he's got them in stock. Thanks from one worship leader to another.
Bill in Denver PA
Worship leader/Music director
Grace Fellowship Church
Ephrata, PA
www.gfchurch.net |
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Location: chicago | Hey Guys,Im in charge of the Heat Treating dept. for a company called Eklind tool,all we do is MFG. the Hex Keys, so when your out buying your next set remember the tool is only as good as the company that heat treats them.So buy USA.buy quality, buy EKLIND!! |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | So YOU'RE the guy that does the heat treating! Way to go. I always admire the guys "behind the scenes", so to speak. I'll keep EKLIND in mind. Dave |
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| Originally posted by Mitchrx:
I checked the archives here and the size is 3/16". For this alone, I am thankful for this forum.
Though I have a set of Allen wrenches (and some extra ones besides), I didn't have one to adjust the Elite T I had just received. Having the exact size posted here made it extremely easy to go buy the right one--the first time.
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Truss rod wrench for Elite guitars