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I can't seem to find anything about listing tools for sale.

Can anyone tell me.... Is it okay to post a pantograph for sale here?

Wes Brandt

Portland, Oregon

Sorry ...it was just a joke, exactly because the camera stretched things out so much, I actually went back to edit it to point that it was a joke but it was too late.

By the way, if one copies...

I think your plans must have gotten stretched out a bit somewhere along the way.

First I'd get one of the other of these ...give the xtras to your favorite luthier.
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You can make just about any fret buzz problem go away by raising the action at the bridge high enough, but if it's only buzzing on 3 frets in one area and not up and down the fingerboard, it means...

If there are just a few frets rattling in one area ...fret dress needed. A professional would, at the same time, check for loose frets and action heights.

Wood being...wood, necks move some over...

There are some window air conditioners that also dehumidify at the same time and have controls for it... not the really cheap ones but worth looking into.

http://www.axinc.net/Bridges_Pins_Bridge_Parts_s/61.htm

They also make some of the nicest mando bridges I've seen, no rough milling on the compensation.

I remember reading somewhere early sandpaper was made by brushing hide glue on paper and sprinkling on crushed, sifted glass… hide glue sticks to almost everything… including glass.

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Here's the photo I was trying to post on #12.

I like your idea for gluing the broken scroll John.

If you post a photo you will probably get some good suggestions for clamping araingments.… peg head repairs can be some of the hardest repairs depending on whats going on, if there are areas where...

There is one more reason that hot hide glue could be better for this repair ...that it doesn't make the joint nearly so slippery, which is more and more of a problem when you're clamping weird shapes...

I'm only doing this with small dings and I don't go for mirror finishes anyway… you should sand a tiny bit with something like 1500 grit so that everywhere the thick varnish touches is not shiny.
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I've used oil based varnish for touchup by pouring several drops in a small jar lid, in a warm area and letting the solvents evaporate, or warming it a bit with a heat gun on low to drive off the...

Drying and seasoning wood is a skill that is used by wood suppliers at all levels… if you know what your doing and the wood doesn't have tensions built into it, which sometimes does ...you can dry...

Something that hasn't been mentioned in this thread is that: the difference in expansion and contraction due to humidity is on average 20 times more across the grain than with the grain with the...

I like the idea of laminated neck blocks for extra strength. Really the dovetail joint could end up being the strongest part of the instrument with the laminates crossing… impossible to "break open"...

"I use common (cheap) HW store handsaw for this …"

Thanks Adrian… I have one of those but I wouldn't have thought the blades would cut a tight enough curve, however with coarser teeth and more...

How do you manage to cut the curved parts of the joint by hand Hogo? I've never been able to cut such thick wood accurately with a coping saw but maybe there are really nice blades out there.

This...

I still fit it very tight before gluing and then have to clamp it firmly to get it all the way in but with it sized, the water doesn't get sucked out of the glue so fast and I no longer worry about...

...for a long time I've sized my dovetails and other surfaces with medium thick glue, warming them a bit with a heat gun first ..they usually swell a little and need to be fit again and always, I...

Do you size your neck joint… like coat the mating surfaces with hide glue and let them dry, (often requiring a bit of refitting afterwards) before then gluing it together? Or just glue it together...

No matter which dovetail you use, one thing you can do is leave your neck blank roughed out but unfinished and a little oversize in all dimensions, then concentrate on getting the joint and heel...

Are those fingerboards surfaces actually twisted into a spiral, or is that a camera illusion?