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Terence Kennedy

Post subject: Speaking Of Archtops

Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2016 7:45 pm

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Ever build an archtop and forget to glue a reinforcing block on the bass side of the upper bout for a strap button before you closed the box?

Here is a way to save face.

Drill the hole for your screw in the right spot and thread a long sliver of spruce through it, bring it out the F hole, and attach your drilled block with a bit of CA and accelerator.

Pull it back in and you have good rotational control to position. When all looks good you can glue it and hold it in position with a spring clamp on the spruce holder.

A wire and tuning machine clamp as you would use for a crack repair could work but rotational control is a problem and you really need that here.

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Last edited by Terence Kennedy on Tue Apr 26, 2016 8:42 pm, edited 1 time in total.

These users thanked the author Terence Kennedy for the post (total 3): IanC (Fri Apr 29, 2016 4:46 am) • George L (Tue Apr 26, 2016 8:41 pm) • Johny (Tue Apr 26, 2016 8:21 pm)

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George L

Post subject: Re: Speaking Of Archtops

Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2016 8:41 pm

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First name: George
City: Seattle
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Clever! Great tip, Terence. All this archtop talk has me itching to try my hand at building one.

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Chris Pile

Post subject: Re: Speaking Of Archtops

Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2016 11:37 pm

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Nice tip.... Hope I never have to use it.

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SteveSmith

Post subject: Re: Speaking Of Archtops

Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2016 5:36 am

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Chris Pile wrote:

Nice tip.... Hope I never have to use it.

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jfmckenna

Post subject: Re: Speaking Of Archtops

Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2016 7:31 am

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Location: Virginia

Guitar making is all about problem solving isn't it

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DannyV

Post subject: Re: Speaking Of Archtops

Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2016 7:56 pm

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What Chris said.

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cphanna

Post subject: Re: Speaking Of Archtops

Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2016 11:51 am

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Nice idea!

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