Category:Techniques and Tips

The Baking Soda and Super Glue Trick

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The baking soda and super glue trick – YouTube. “Can a broken nut can be fixed with baking soda and super glue?” Lou, a singer here in Athens, Ohio, brought this question to Dan Erlewine (along with the broken nut on his Yamaha guitar). As it turns out, the answer is yes and no…

Hide Glue Info

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Source: HideGlueInfo By Frank Ford, 1999 I’ll stick with hide glue. . . © Frank Ford, 1997, 1999 Hide glue has the best characteristics for stringed instrument work, BUT it requires care and practice to use properly. This is serious business, you really do have to learn to work with it. (My current glue is Milligan & Higgins 192 gram …
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Frank Ford’s “Controversial” Glue Chart

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Glue Chart by Frank Ford at Frets.com, from 1998. See also his HideGlueInfo page. Source: GlueChart   Glue Properties for Traditional Acoustic Guitar Repair© Frank Ford, 1998   Remember, these are opinions   Hide(hot) White/Yellow Epoxy Cyanoacrylate           Heat Resistance high low low to med. high Gap Filling no no best good …
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Hot Hide Glue — Questions and Answers

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Questions and Answers about Hot Hide Glue. The first in what we hope will be a long series of Q & A articles written by noted rebuilder and author, Craig Brougher. Source: Hot Hide Glue — Questions and Answers From a Player Piano Rebuilding website, much info about HHG, in a Question and Answer format.

Allen Guitars & Luthier Supplies Fingerboard Slotting Article

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Source: Allen Guitars & Luthier Supplies Fingerboard Slotting Article Fun With Fretboards by Bob Smakula  Posted by permission. Originally printed in the WINTER ‘95 edition of THE OLD-TlME HERALD  (In which Bob discovers that Allen Guitars makes better fretboard slots than Gibson did in the 1920s)

WoodTreks » Blog Archive – Learn How to Make Decorative Inlay Banding From Wood – Video

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This video tutorial will show you how to make repeating geometric patterned inlay banding that is often used in furniture, instruments, or other wood objects. Source: WoodTreks » Blog Archive Learn How to Make Decorative Inlay Banding From Wood – Video Holly is a good baseline choice because it starts out quite white, has a …
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Gurian Instruments Online Shop

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Manufacturer of musical components, decorative wood inlay, marquetry and CNC and laser parts in wood, fiber, shell and plastic. Source: Custom Woodworking & Musical Instrument Components | Gurian Instrument – Gurian Instruments Professional-quality supplier to multiple brand names.