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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
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I always test in the cavity..It's a Gibson repro - not a Fibson but a project a mate made.
this is what ive done.. and i'm shitting myself.
used a piece of 2x4, opened the headstock till I heard a pop from the split - before then the split was barely 2mm open.
stopped.
warmed the neck
warmed the araldite
using 0.90mm sheet of plastic acetate stuff scooped it into the break and pushed it in.
warmed the neck whilst shovelling it.. pressed it in as deep as I could without scraping the wood inside.
I've noticed the truss rod cavity so i'm gonna loosen/tighten the truss every 2 hours to keep it free.
clamped - using tight grained balsa and clamps.
rest.. aha
I know something stupid's going to happen like i've epoxied the Balsa wood to the fretboard or something equally stoopid.
how is this looking ?
It's the kind of way I'd go about it - it's just important to make sure you've not stuck the truss rod.
So long as it's stable and the truss rod is functional, it's a winner
hopefully this will stable as.. or else well I dunno aha.
A few people told me to completely avoid epoxy but like I said above i've seen repairs first hand that are stable as a rock using Araldite.
I didn't quite get the epoxy clear but the viscosity was very runny indeed.. then tomorrow she's off for a nut job and leveling.
I'll post updates as she goes along for those interested.. hopefully it might help out other individuals looking for the same solution.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Last epiphone I owned I played till it actually fell to pieces, repaired it and done it again.
Aslong as it's nice n' stable and I can buff out the ridge im a very happy chappy.
I appreciate all the advice ICBM
after 24hours of clamping they came off today - absolutely no flex at all.. Going to string it up later as it's getting a lovely setup.
I did as expected accidently glue some balsa to the neck hahaha which i'll be scraping off.
then sand paper through the high grades then taking it to a garage to get buffed. You can barely feel the ridge on 90% of it.
TA-DA
Done, took it over Ian's for a setup etc.. sounding good so far very stable.
just waiting for it to all settle down for a fret levelling. The truss seems to tighten then loosens again after awhile so i'll be tweaking it over the coming weeks.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Now this pesky truss rod.
Is Ian signed up here?
(I'm assuming you mean iancorps in Banbury)
Great job btw.
You've done a great job there mate.