I like this! Thought about doing something similar already. Doesn’t really solve the Trussrod issues tho.

Dove in trying to Crank it the other direction yesterday, with no luck. Good idea tho.

I thought about exactly this last night. I have been mainly trying to add relief to the neck this entire time. I have tried to move the truss rod both ways , but mainly trying to loosen. I would say its a good idea to put some effort trying to turn it the other way, but i need a way to get some GRIP on it.

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Said a well regarded professional. Ok well. Cant said i didnt try. Thanks for the help

Good points. It is a customer guitar. He likes it but says he has little emotional attachment to it.

no. heat it with a soldering iron and then the EZ out again? What are the chances of the hex nut coming off and being able to be replaced?

No, i slowly gave more and more elbow grease and nothing. The neck was coming out of the vise. but no turning.

this is such a cool idea. Would be really cool if you had some x and y cranks for a fixed tool. this might go on thee future print list

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I went out and bought a set of allen style torx wrenches. i got one to seat really snugly with some taps of a hammer. No luck turning. Tapped in an EZ out. got that bad boy gripping real good. Verdict is, this thing is seized up real good. I had already sprayed a dash of penetrating oil in there the other day.

Thats a great idea! i have a set of Ez outs

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