Open gear tuners

[hairpuller]

Originally Posted by RustyAxe

I don't lube my tuners. It's not like they're a mechanical part spinning at 1000's of RPMs. The might get 1000 R's in a lifetime. Putting oil, grease and other junk just attracts dust, dirt, and doesn't matter to the operation or longevity. Others disagree ... so I let 'em.

I think I know how you got your handle now.
scott

[Dru Edwards]

Originally Posted by Parlorman

Closed tuners are great, you don’t see the corrosion

Bill, that's a great point. Closed tuners may provide better protection against dust/dirt but if an open tuner rusts I have to believe that a closed tuner will rust as well?

[poopsidoo]

Originally Posted by ChrisE

Oceanfront pool parties. Salt air. I switched to using the Taylor for those gigs. It has closed tuners.

Oh my---get me a gig there..........

[charles Tauber]

Originally Posted by RustyAxe

It's not like they're a mechanical part spinning at 1000's of RPMs.

Sorry, but this is one of those things that drives me crazy, even though it shouldn't.

Revolutions per minute is plural, abbreviated as RPM. It isn't revolutions per minuteS. Hence RPMs is incorrect.

Originally Posted by Newbflat

I use BOESHIELD T-9, it’s fantastic stuff for lots of things.

I don't care for the stuff at all. Perhaps I've applied it too heavily, but I find it wet, runny and messy. I've used it on machine parts, mostly to prevent corrosion. It wouldn't be my preference for guitar gears.

For guitar gears, a drop of machine oil works fine for me: inexpensive, easy to apply where you want it and lasts for years.

[bufflehead]

Originally Posted by charles Tauber

Sorry, but this is one of those things that drives me crazy, even though it shouldn't.

Revolutions per minute is plural, abbreviated as RPM. It isn't revolutions per minuteS. Hence RPMs is incorrect.

You're going to hate this, Charles, but the Associated Press Stylebook, which is pretty much the final word for most journalists and editors of periodicals, recommends that the s follows the full abbreviation even when a word other than the last one is the proper plural. Examples would be POWs, RPMs, and WMDs.

I should point out that not all style manuals agree on such things. I'm constantly having to go back and forth between the Chicago Manual of Style, which my book publisher uses, and the AP Stylebook, which covers most of the magazines in which I publish. But I've found that magazine editors are not entirely flexible when it comes to AP style.

[FoxHound4690]

On a second thought, I do have a bottle of doctor ducks ax wax. maybe a dab of that can work nicely too

[Brucebubs]

They should make open tuners with a sealed protective cover to keep out all the dust and dirt that can get into those exposed gears.