Pegless Worm Gear Tuners For Travelele 3D Printer Model
The file 'Pegless Worm Gear Tuners For Travelele 3D Printer Model' is (py,stl,step) file type, size is 3.9MB.
The file 'Pegless Worm Gear Tuners For Travelele 3D Printer Model' is (py,stl,step) file type, size is 3.9MB.
Travelele ( https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2786864 ) is a brilliant design that I see as a poor man's Risa solid ( https://www.ukulele.de/concert/14/risa-uke-solid-concert ).
However it is no free of issues, that I have discussed in my build report ( https://www.thingiverse.com/make:550403 ).
One of the issues is the tuners: the original design uses friction tuners, that are a pain even on normal ukueles, and are probably worse with the turnaround design.
BTW, while writing this, I have just discovered this "ukralele" ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPD0p09kOxQ ) that has some kind of affiliation with Risa.
Anyways, an improvement for travelele consist in modifying the design to use banjo-style straight tuners ( https://www.thingiverse.com/make:883546 ), which I believe are similar to those used by Risa Uke Solid. Those work well, but are kind-of-expensive ( reportedly ~15EUR a few years ago ).
A cheaper compromise is to use regular 90-degree tuners, which also work well ( https://www.thingiverse.com/make:878970 ). Unfortunately they do not fit very well the travelele body, and one needs to get used to touch the gears often with the torso. Also I tend to detune very easily the instrument when transporting it, and they make tuning position a bit clumsy.
Therefore, after experimenting a bit with the "gugulele with concealed tuners" design ( https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6628862 ), I remembered that I had tested the "guitar tuners that actually work", and found surprisingly that they worked well, I thought I could mix the 2 concepts, and that the result would ideally fit the travelele.
| adapter.py | 650.0B | |
| box.stl | 244.5KB | |
| box_mirror.stl | 244.7KB | |
| cover.stl | 160.5KB | |
| cover_mirror.stl | 160.5KB | |
| travelele_-_drive2.stl | 277.4KB | |
| travelele_-_drive4.stl | 277.4KB | |
| travelele_-_travelele_shaft2.stl | 268.9KB | |
| travelele_friction_-_friction_gear.stl | 175.0KB | |
| travelele_guitar_tuners.step | 851.0KB | |
| tuning-peg-adapter_friction.stl | 4.9MB | |
| tuning-peg-adapter_fullprint.stl | 4.8MB |
