When gluing pieces of wood together, don’t sand the two gluing surfaces too smooth. If the wood has come off of a jointer or planer or has been sanded finer than 180-grit, scuff-up the gluing surface with 80 or 120-grit sandpaper. This will improve adhesion and actually make the glue joint less visible. This is …
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A link to the (now defunct) Whetstone School of Lutherie. I’ve also made the effort to save a couple of the more useful tips in pdf form: Gluing Fingerboards with Sacrificial Glue Blocks, Adjusting Neck Bolts. Physics and Wood Science Acoustical Physics 101 Tapping Tonewoods – Dana Borgeois The Tonewood Data Source The Wood Database …
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