another old Martin repair
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another old Martin repair
this one is a challenge as the heel joint failed The Tenon on the heel had to be redone. It was a tricky repair. I hope you can see how I figured out the angles to refit this joint. Lost of trial and error . I clamped this using a fret board block to hold all the parts straight. As you can see all the little pieces that I used to fit angles.
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John Hall
Blues Creek Guitars Inc
Authorized CF Martin Repair Center
president of Association of Stringed Instrument Artisans
http://www.bluescreekguitars.com
Blues Creek Guitars Inc
Authorized CF Martin Repair Center
president of Association of Stringed Instrument Artisans
http://www.bluescreekguitars.com
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Re: another old Martin repair
Was the piece that failed, originally a separate piece from the neck, or did you cut it to effect repair?
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Re: another old Martin repair
the piece that failed was the miter joint itself. I had to steam the original lock tenon out. Then make a new one.
John Hall
Blues Creek Guitars Inc
Authorized CF Martin Repair Center
president of Association of Stringed Instrument Artisans
http://www.bluescreekguitars.com
Blues Creek Guitars Inc
Authorized CF Martin Repair Center
president of Association of Stringed Instrument Artisans
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Re: another old Martin repair
http://www.maurysmusic.com/maury_s_blog ... ek_guitars
the joint pull was the lower link
check this out
the joint pull was the lower link
check this out
John Hall
Blues Creek Guitars Inc
Authorized CF Martin Repair Center
president of Association of Stringed Instrument Artisans
http://www.bluescreekguitars.com
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president of Association of Stringed Instrument Artisans
http://www.bluescreekguitars.com
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Re: another old Martin repair
That makes sense now. That's quite a repair.tippie53 wrote:the piece that failed was the miter joint itself. I had to steam the original lock tenon out. Then make a new one.
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Re: another old Martin repair
Wow, great videos! The neck joint was quite a piece of Civil War Era work. I always wonder if those really old Martins were played by soldiers during the Civil War. I suppose I'd have a joint failure if I was over 150 years old. LOL The inlay work on Pearlzilla is beautiful. I'm hoping to reach that level of inlaying.