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- Tue Jan 22, 2008 3:05 pm
- Forum: Tutorials
- Topic: 6 PIN 12 STRING BRIDGE (shared pin method)
- Replies: 17
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I absolutely agree with this method. I don't build many acoustic 12s, but when I do, they get 6 pins and 12 slots. On my Renaissance semi-hollow 12s, we run six holes through the body for the strings, and then we use 3/32" (just under 2.5 mm)brass pins to separate the string pairs behind the saddle....
- Tue Jan 22, 2008 2:57 pm
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Is America overstretched?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 8949
- Tue Jan 22, 2008 12:51 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Should we inlet the X-Braces?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 31605
The most moisture resistant of the modern polymers we use on wood are epoxies, hence their use in boat building. Not even polyester can prevent moisture migration and is itself degraded when in water...the dreaded fiberglass/polyester blistering that happens on boats. Hadn't though of that re. super...
- Tue Jan 22, 2008 10:16 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Should we inlet the X-Braces?
- Replies: 36
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One other issue...we shouldn't take too seriously the experience of piano makers or repair techs. Pianos have much broader cross grain distances, and so the stresses built up when pianos go through humidity changes are much worse than we deal with on guitar tops. There is much more shear stress on b...
- Tue Jan 22, 2008 10:09 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Should we inlet the X-Braces?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 31605
In the first place, there is a better alternative to "yellow glue", and that is the LMI white glue. It's just as easy to use and it exhibits less "cold creep" than typical yaller carpenter's glue. Second, this idea that moisture will penetrate wood and degrade hot hide glue joints is just nuts. If i...
- Tue Jan 22, 2008 5:08 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: SATA Spray Gun
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7573
- Mon Jan 14, 2008 1:16 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Australian weed woods
- Replies: 48
- Views: 44531
- Sun Jan 13, 2008 7:03 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Australian weed woods
- Replies: 48
- Views: 44531
- Sun Jan 13, 2008 6:53 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Australian weed woods
- Replies: 48
- Views: 44531
- Sun Jan 13, 2008 10:27 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Allied Luthiers Truss Rod Group Buy
- Replies: 38
- Views: 31212