Hide Glue

Just received some liquid Hide Glue
   As some folks might know liquid hide glue is generally thought to be an unreliable glue, well I recently found a brand of home-made liquid Hide glue thats suppose to work exceptionally well (meaning with the same properties as hot hide glue without the heating-up hassle)with a shelf life from 6 months to a year. Old Brown Glue is the product, I'll give an update in the near future on its workability.
  Still Remaining.....greg

Repair tool

Newly made deep throat take apart C-clamp inspired by a great repairman Frank Ford off his frets.com site ( his is of aluminum).

 Mine is primarily of maple and a couple bolts, you take it to the sound hole in pieces, assemble within the sound hole and slide it in deep and then pinch the hole thing with another clamp, thus inducing the clamping pressure..............Later greg

My Winter Thingy

A 1976 Gibson J160E with many cracks,,,it might be irretrievable...... but we'll try....

    Fortunately for me my shop moves to a nice 40% humidity in the winter here in Fairbanks, Alaska.
This shop climate is ideal for instrument making and repair. The rest of the year I'm doing other carpenter/cabinet making related works within my background of residential construction. If I pursue instrument construction in the summer months I'll need to set the humidity right in the shop. My spray-booth closet doubles as a humidity booth when conditions require so , good-day........g

Back In The Fray

Safe-T-Planer

Back at it again on the acoustics, guitars and Ukes. Constructing the acoustic bodies...........

Applying carbon fiber on the necks is a given now with my work. Also I've done my tapers on the neck shafts, of course using the Safe-T-Planer on the drill-press.
         Heres' some related pics.......