After seeing the tip for string change, about winding around the tuner post a few times, I went straight to the mandolin that needed new strings BUT it had a slotted head and the method didn't really work so I invented this contraption, out of a capo and a spoke from a bicycle fender/mudguard and a piece of elastic.
I cut away all the rubber on the capo, except a piece in the middle, so it only touches the fretboard in the middle.
Initial string length is adjusted by moving the plasticbracket up or down the steel spoke.
The string loop is placed at the endpiece, then the string is fed under the capo but on the hook on the elastic, then through the hole in the tuner axle.
The string is pulled tight, until the elastic starts stretching then the tuner button is wound until the string touches the fretboard, then the hook is released.
During winding, you have a hand free to make the winding look nice and the string is held on the endpiece by tension all the time and is guided on the nut, by going under the capo . AND you get the same amount of windings every time. ;-)
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