Scott Liebers
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Anyone use vacuum clamping for bridge re-glues?
I bought the O’brien vacuum clamp and a pump to clamp bridges on new builds, but also to use for repair work. I got tired of making custom top and bottom cauls for every odd-shaped bridge that comes in my shop. The vacuum clamp works great on a flat surface with no pick guard. I put it on a J45 with a pick guard, and it won’t seal. The…
Alex Nemet, Glenn Cummins G Cummins Guitars and 3 others -
A while back someone made a jig for aligning an acoustic guitar bridge for regluing. I thought they were offering them for sale on their website as well. Anyone remember who that was? I’ve searched high and low and can’t seem to find anything about it now.
Glenn Cummins G Cummins Guitars4 Comments-
Was that the one with the clamp with the indexing pins ?
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Reply to Cutting circles with CNC
Thanks Michael,
It may be a mechanical issue. My machine is about 12 years old and has seen a lot of use. I’ve only recently started making my own wood rosette rings. I used to buy them premade from LMI. I’ll chime in on the NextWave forum and see if I can resolve this.
Ben Miranda -
Should a CNC be able to cut a perfect looking circle? I’m trying to make solid wood rosette rings. I made the tool path a profile cut. The top and bottom of both Y positions come out uneven in width than the rest of the ring. I’ve tried slowing down the feed and plunge rate, but it doesn’t seem to make any difference. I have an old…
Thom Abell String Theory Guitar Repair -
Tuner Bushing RepairI often get asked to change the type of tuners on acoustic guitars. This usually involves fitting different sized bushings into the peghead. Not as…
Joseph DiTucci Guitar Repair & Learning Center, Ian Davlin The Looth Group and Ben Miranda0 Comments -
I often get jobs changing the type of tuners on a guitar. In this case, the customer wanted open back Waverly style put on a guitar with sealed tuners. I have conversion bushings for 10mm holes, but they don’t fit tight and fall out. I need to plug and drill smaller holes to fit the bushings. I hate trying to find the center of a dowel…
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Reply to Stainless Steel Fret Wire
I too think stainless changes the tone. It’s definitely brighter. Maybe “pingy” sounding for lack of a better term. I have used EVO when it was available and found it wasn’t quite as bright as stainless, but still brighter than nickel silver.
Jedd Kettler -
I’ve asked this question directly to StewMac numerous times, but no one responds. With the demise of LMI, I understood that Chris Herrod is now working with StewMac. I’m looking for products I used to buy from LMI. The white instrument glue LMI sold (quite certain they didn’t make it) and the thin bone shims (about .020-.040″ thick). The…
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Philadelphia Luthier Tools has the 0.04” bone shims. https://www.philadelphialuthiertools.com/bone-shims/
Maybe International Violin might be able to give you insight regarding the glue? I believe they acquired parts of LMI
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