Excel spreadsheet to calculate where to start winding a string. . .

[Chewy_B_i_T_s]

it whipped around and stuck into the lateral side of my left index finger. I tried to pull it out but it was in down to the bone, so I had to really yank on it to get it out.

Wow, maybe I should where eye protection next time I change guitar strings...yikes. Sorry 'bout that.

 

[Chewy_B_i_T_s]

Another recent thread reminded me of this old thread of mine so I though I would revive the zombie for the latest generation of TB users! It will give an estimated tension but is just based on an assumption that a round wound string is about 85% as dense as a mono-filament. This calculator also estimates how much your string will stretch and accounts for it. (more important for nylon strings than steel)

 

[GIBrat51]

Well...
I'm an engineer, too. A retired military engineer who spent most of my career in Combat Engineer units - where the "Expedient Methods" field manual was our Bible - and MacGuyver was our God... Personally, I don't use formulas to do this; I use a piece of small diameter parachute cord. Stick one end in the tuner hole; wrap it around the tuner the "correct" number of turns; and measure from where it crosses the nut to the other end. Might not be as much fun as calculating it out; but it's quick, and it works just fine - for me...

 

[Chewy_B_i_T_s]

Well...
I'm an engineer, too. A retired military engineer who spent most of my career in Combat Engineer units - where the "Expedient Methods" field manual was our Bible - and MacGuyver was our God... Personally, I don't use formulas to do this; I use a piece of small diameter parachute cord. Stick one end in the tuner hole; wrap it around the tuner the "correct" number of turns; and measure from where it crosses the nut to the other end. Might not be as much fun as calculating it out; but it's quick, and it works just fine - for me...

I can see the marketing now....
Special military string winding gauge, only $39.99 per foot.

 

[GIBrat51]

I can see the marketing now....
Special military string winding gauge, only $39.99 per foot.

$39.99/ft.? Are you sure you're not a government contractor...?

 

[Chewy_B_i_T_s]

$39.99/ft.? Are you sure you're not a government contractor...?

No, just thinking like one.