Soundboard cracks

[Lance Lafargue]

Rob & List;
Are you talking about a soundboard crack??  Are you familiar with the
Spurlock method of using a die grinder with a router bit in it??

Lance Lafargue, RPT
New Orleans Chapter
lafargue@iamerica.net

Rob Kiddell wrote:
>
> Greetings list,
>
>         I've been working with this problem for some time: I've done a
> soundboard separation repair and I have a crack to fill on the board
> itself. Some can be done using maple wedges, but smaller, more
> elusive cracks I fill with a G2 epoxy (fairly elastic but strong,
> used for laminating tennis rackets or X-country skis.)
>         My questions are thus: what other gap-filling methods are used? What
> other repairs are out there? Something that is effective, long
> lasting, and strong. I like the epoxy fill, but it is messy and time
> consuming.
>
> Any replies would be appreciated,
>
> Rob Kiddell
> R.P.T., P.T.G.
> C.A.P.T. Student
> Edmonton, Canada
> http://www.planet.eon.net/~atonal/atonal.html