What's on your work bench?
Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2018 8:42 pm
Never played one... gonna be fun...
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What be this clamp-contraption fine Sir?jvpp wrote:
I wanted the neck to be as straight as possible prior to leveling the frets so I wouldn't remove too much of the precious fret material. Even with the truss rod nut fully loose, the neck wasn't straight enough to my liking. So I put a sack of duck food on the body (which I did not want to show) and then the clamps tighten the neck back ever so slightly to create a nice straight neck. The green felt neck support thingy is placed such that the maximum straightness is achieved.GrantB wrote:What be this clamp-contraption fine Sir?jvpp wrote:
Ah yes, of course. I had jumped ahead and thought you had refretted, and then, maybe because the neck was then over-bowed, had to create a "fake" string pressure. So....same thing basically. Well done on the tool! A neck jig to emulate pressure is on my to-do list. I do it currently by using zip ties (for downward) or like you, weight on headstock for upward. I would love a StewMac neck jig!jvpp wrote:clamp-traptionl
Thanks. Yea that tool would be really good to have but for that money you can but a nice acoustic...GrantB wrote:Ah yes, of course. I had jumped ahead and thought you had refretted, and then, maybe because the neck was then over-bowed, had to create a "fake" string pressure. So....same thing basically. Well done on the tool! A neck jig to emulate pressure is on my to-do list. I do it currently by using zip ties (for downward) or like you, weight on headstock for upward. I would love a StewMac neck jig!jvpp wrote:clamp-tractionl
Again, well done!
I'd have said you were only 46!jvpp wrote: and this 47 year oldy can now do a few more years.
I just had another look at this. If the neck is returned to the strung up position and one removes the frets, how is the new fret tang width expansion dealt with? Proper slotting goes a long way in that regard, but still...it remains a question. What do you think jvpp?jvpp wrote:
Why buy the Stewmac version if you can do the same thing with a dinner table, clamps and some feeler gauges?
https://www.stewmac.com/Luthier_Tools/T ... ation.html
I thought exactly the same when I read the tool's description... then I watched the video and have come to the conclusion that either I don't understand the description or it is wrong as in the video he is using the tool to create a perfectly straight neck in preparation for fret leveling. I am referring to the first paragraph: "A revolution in fretworkGrantB wrote:I just had another look at this. If the neck is returned to the strung up position and one removes the frets, how is the new fret tang width expansion dealt with? Proper slotting goes a long way in that regard, but still...it remains a question. What do you think jvpp?jvpp wrote:
Why buy the Stewmac version if you can do the same thing with a dinner table, clamps and some feeler gauges?
https://www.stewmac.com/Luthier_Tools/T ... ation.html