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Nearly foolproof nut slotting

Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 12:47 pm
by JLT
Here's a write-up I did on using feeler gauges and a continuity tester to help get the depth of a nut slot exactly right. Most of it comes as old news to most of you guys, but perhaps you haven't heard about the continuity-tester wrinkle. Enjoy!

Here's the link: http://midtown.net/dragonwing/nutcase.htm

BTW, the patient being operated on is a mandolin, but it works for git-boxes, too.

--John LaTorre
Sacramento, CA

Re: Nearly foolproof nut slotting

Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 1:17 pm
by tippie53
thanks for posting this , it is an article worth checking out.

Re: Nearly foolproof nut slotting

Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 3:07 pm
by Darryl Young
Good ideas John, thanks.

Re: Nearly foolproof nut slotting

Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 11:37 pm
by hummingbird
Thanks John I have a large Collection of ruined bone nuts. I wish I new about this method before. What a good idea.

Re: Nearly foolproof nut slotting

Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2015 6:45 pm
by B Shuler2006
What a great tip! I too have a collection of ruined bone nuts hid away! :)

Re: Nearly foolproof nut slotting

Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2015 9:38 pm
by phavriluk
Gotta be a hidden trick somewhere. This is way too rational.

Re: Nearly foolproof nut slotting

Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2015 7:44 pm
by JLT
phavriluk wrote:Gotta be a hidden trick somewhere. This is way too rational.
OK. I confess. I was in the pay of Radio Shack, who compensated me royally for every continuity tester they sold. But now that they're on the ropes, they're not paying me a dime. So the truth can now be told.