bobble991
Rookie Solder Flinger
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Post by bobble991 on Jul 13, 2006 11:48:46 GMT -5
Does anyone have any useful tips for removing the old nut from a neck preferably without destroying the neck ;D or will I just lay in with the hammer and chisel  Bobble |
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Post by Mini-Strat_Maine on Jul 13, 2006 14:14:30 GMT -5
Conventional explosives should work . . . ;D Actually, take a look here for a Tech Tip from Graph Tech Guitar labs, the people who make all those cool nuts and saddles and stuff: www.graphtech.com/newsletter/newsfeb05.htm#3. |
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Post by Runewalker on Jul 13, 2006 19:50:17 GMT -5
Does anyone have any useful tips for removing the old nut from a neck preferably without destroying the neck ;D or will I just lay in with the hammer and chisel
Bobble My favorite tool is a Vise-Grip that instead of jaws has two flat paddles as the gripper. You gently tighten the V-Grips then in turn gently rock the nut back and forth until the glue bond snaps the easily remove it. This works on most nuts secured with super glue, or wood glue. Someone here once promoted epoxy, because he re-routed the nut groove when he wanted to replace the nut. In that instance the V-Grips might be challenged. Careful with the chisel idea. The first time I tried removing a nut by manhandling it, a signifcant chunk of rosewood was removed. First and last time I strong-armed a neck. RW |
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