Hi, I have a 1950's Gibson LG-3 that's had some poor work done to the spruce under the area of the bridge where the spruce has pulled away and or been sanded excessively. It's missing about .020-0.30 thou of spruce and I'm wondering/looking for advice about how to go about splicing in a thin piece of spruce before I re-glue the bridge. Please see pictures attached. My main questions are: glues for the patch, should the patch be mitered…
When faced with a similar job recently, I chose to glue the patch in place with epoxy, then used hide glue to reset the bridge. The logic being that 20 years from now when someone needs to reset the…
There are two new sub forums in New Builds and Repair and Restoration called “share your content”. Got a new youtube video ? Share it there. Got a new Instagram Reel ? Share it there. Did you just cut a killer new miter and just want to share it ? Share it there. Anything you want to share that doesn’t involve a question, share it there. Speaking of which, I should probably share this there.
There are two new sub forums in New Builds and Repair and Restoration called "share your content". Got a new youtube video ? Share it there. Got a new Instagram Reel ? Share it there. Did you just cut a killer new miter and just want to share it ? Share it there. Anything you want to share that doesn't involve a question, share it there. Speaking of which, I should probably share this there.
Oh, you are posting this as a comment to this post rather than a new post in the forum. It would be better if you posted it as a new post so we can tag it etc. Do you need help with that ?
@member@member I was going to print your miter box but it appears like it's cut all the way through (the saw slots go all the way through). Am I missing something? In the pictures it looks like the three sections are connected. But this is what it looks like in my slicer (from the bottom).
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Weird. I did make the slots recess a bit so I wouldn’t cut into the plastic once through the piece being cut. But it is one solid print, not 3 pieces. I originally made it with miters both was with on…