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Anyone know what this is? Here is the eBay Description:

We have what looks like some sort of a press?, some sort of Luthier's jig. Comes the old Martin factory on North St. in Nazareth. After the new facility was built and operating they kept part of the North St.facility open and called Woodworker's Dream. That's were this jig comes from, I bought it an auction years ago along with Martin wood and other items. Measures approx. 17" x 9". The opening is 13" x 5".

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I will see what I can find out from my buddies in the repair department
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Thanks John.
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ok , i've got one like that :)
mine had a radiised back mold attached to it .
as it was explained to me , it was used to glue the braces on the back ..
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Derf wins that is what the Martin guys told me
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tippie53 wrote:Derf wins that is what the Martin guys told me
Nice piece of history, What size guitars did they/could they use it on?
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Ben-Had wrote:
tippie53 wrote:Derf wins that is what the Martin guys told me
Nice piece of history, What size guitars did they/could they use it on?
all that would have to be done was to change the back form for any size guitar .
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Thats what I thought it was....posted that last nite, but somehow my post got lost. Anyway, cool, and looks fairly easy to make for yourself too.
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That would be for a pretty small guitar!

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I thought it was a watermelon juicer!
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