gluing in the new board

Ron Nossaman rnossaman at cox.net
Mon Jul 16 22:32:55 MDT 2007


> I also do it alone and it's not that hard.  After the board is fitted to the
> rim I screw it down around the perimeter enough so that I can drop the plate
> in and out and fit the bridges.  I use largish washers between the head of
> the screw and the SB to protect the board.  Those screw holes not only work
> as a nice way to index the board back in, but with an electric screw driver
> you can set the board down very quickly without having to mess with the
> clamps.  As Ron mentioned, once the board is down on the glue you have a
> fair amount of time to work around with the clamps and blocks.    
> 
> David Love

I drill two tooling locater holes through the plate, 
soundboard, and into the rim when I locate the bridges from 
the plate. The soundboard, bridges installed, is located with 
the pins when it's glued in, and the same pin locations 
position the plate later.
Ron N


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