Nerdy Gurdy Basic : How to finish the wheel!

Hello!
In this video we will show you how to finish the wheel
on your self-built Nerdy Gurdy or Nerdy Gurdy Basic!
One of the most important bits on the hurdy gurdy is the wheel. In order to get a smooth and consistent sound, you will need to finish the wheel so that it runs as true as possible.
When you bought a pre-built Nerdy Gurdy Basic directly from Nerdy Gurdy,
we have already finished the wheel for you. You do not need to do this yourself.
The video shows you how to:
- scrape the wheel
- sand away the last wood fibres and edges
- add rosin and cotton
- Adjust string pressure
What you need:
- Your self-built Nerdy Gurdy or Nerdy Gurdy Basic with the wheel already mounted
- A strap
- Proper lights
- A sharp, single sided or Stanley blade
- 600 - 800 grit sandpaper
- Vacuum cleaner
For the second part you will need:
- violin / viola rosin
- lint free cotton cloth
- strings
- cotton / viscose fibres
This video was made by Jimi Hellinga and Sanne van Gend.
A big thank you to Sophia Wolf for the German subtitles!
Subtitles in NL / DE / EN

[@flamingomtn]

This one is going to be one of the most-watched Nerdy videos of all time. WONDERFUL!!! Thank you so much!

[@JohnStewart-xz6ro]

That's what I did to get mine true . Very nice.

[@martymccullough3526]

So helpful! Thank you!

[@FitZhurdygurdy]

Great work! Video is dead helpfull

[@_Scintill8tor]

Goed bezig Jimi en Sanne

[@elektrovolt]

Thanks Arv!

[@Spacecookie-]

What happens if you make the wheel face rounded, so it had a smaller contact with the strings?

[@elektrovolt]

The instrument will sound weaker with less grip on the strings and much less control over the trompette coups.

[@andreasengholm9532]

Thank you for the beautiful and thorough instruction. I am not quite there yet, and wondered if you could help me get closer. I am building a 6.3
It seems that either the moulded insert for the rod is slightly off axis, or the drilled hole for the rod has been slightly off axis. This results in about 2-3 mm wobble on the wheel, when mounted and turned. Do you have any suggestions on what to do about this? How will it affect the playing if there is a wobble of that scale? I hope you can give me a hint, since I would not like to make a bad decision at this place.
Thank you again for the time and effort you put into making gurdys available for us
- Andreas

[@elektrovolt]

The inserts can be troublesome, best to print a few of the wheel core inserts until you have one that is completely straight. There needs to be a nut against the wheel core, the helps to stabilise the wheel core.
2-3 mm is far too much, get a few spare cores and try again.

[@andreasengholm9532]

@@elektrovolt thank you so much for your reply and advice, I will follow up on it :)

[@dreacul]

Does already ensembled nerdy gurdies come with all this process done or I will still need to do it? I'm going to gift myself one very very soon :D Like weeks soon!

[@elektrovolt]

If you buy a pre built Nerdy Gurdy Basic directly, this already has been done by us. All of them are built, finished, setup, adjusted and played before shipping. When you purchase a DIY kit you will need to do all that by yourself.

[@alexharden848]

I used this to true the wheel on my 6.3. It is very true but my strings were all high and I had to do a lot of work to get them down. I didn’t take off as much as this. Is this video only for NG basic?

[@elektrovolt]

This method works for both the Basic and the regular Nerdy.

[@alexharden848]

Thanks. I also set my blade into a scraper which helped me keep the angles consistent