Modified a Spider Capo to use on a hogfiddle. A couple of washers were needed to help it close a little tighter.

Sorry so late w these pics of my capo.

Mike, please use our site settings questions forum for your questions about the new site.

For example, it answers your group question already: http://fotmd.com/forums/forum/new-site-questions-how-do-i/14543/why-do-my-groups-not-show

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Images that were attachments to posts in the old site were not migrated to here- it was not possible because of the Ning archiving tool formatting.

They would have to be added again new.  Sorry!

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I belong to the fingerpicking group, yet it does not show up on my groups.

Dale, this may not be the same as Kevin's but maybe this web page will give you some ideas: www.sternercapo.se/capomuseum/Special/Dulcimer/dulcimer.htm. Sorry I typed that out. I am not able to copy and paste website links in comments. Ugh!!!

Dale, I'm guessing the picture didn't migrate over from the old site. Just a guess.

 Dale, I can't see it either.

Yeah, it's a bit heavy, but I'm pretty careful with it. I added a leather pad to the wood that presses down the strings to keep the strings from getting marred, particularly the wound D. I tried the 1/4-20 bolt with wooden discs, but it seemed to slip a little loose.

Me too. They work pretty well.

Ken Hulme said:

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Looks pretty good... a bit heavy perhaps, but as long as it works, who cares. I've made capos from a 1/4-20 bolt and wingnut with two wooden disks to grab the sides of the fretboard, and a length of vinyl tubing to protect the strings from th bolt threads.

Nothing wrong with creativity! It was probably really fun to do, too. Just a word of advice.....don't drop that capo on your dulcimer! It could really do some damage.

I stitched the leather pouch to keep the capo in.

This is a pic of a capo I made recently. Yes, it's made of cast metal. YIKES! None of the contact points to the instrument, however are metal. A plastic plug is on the screw end, a small strip of leather on the other end, and a piece of maple dowel pushes the strings down.I t began with a fly fisherman's fly tying vise table clamp. From that I cut and ground down the metal to reduce the weight as much as possible. I redrilled the screw to set it closer to the top. Then attached the leather, plastic plug and wood.It's a bit clunky, but it works. I'd rather it be a nice piece of wood, but my metal working skills are much better than my wood working skills, so this is what I have for now.Does anyone else have any ideas for homemade capos and such?
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