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I remember reading about a home- made steam needle to remove dovetail necks, may have used the stewi-mac set, but it may have all been home made. Anyone have any info on those?

I am thinking about using brass tubing for the needle (or?) , and stainless steel flex tubing from the auto store, not sure of the steam source just yet, may look at a small pressure cooker when the garage sales hit.

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Look for a used espresso maker for the steam.

You can use a small radiator hose, and a needle for blowing up sports balls like a football or basket ball. Get a hose clamp and clamp the needle in place.

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Thats what i do, exactly, Rod beat me to it!

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Jordan Aceto
Ithaca, NY

Awsome! So that needle is long enough? How do you attach to espresso machine?

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Here is what a Parlor Guitar is for!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEa8PkjO6_I

Hose clamps, or whatever clever thing you can come up with!

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Jordan Aceto
Ithaca, NY

I think a 1/2" hose (inside diameter) is what you need. Yup, hose clamp to the espresso maker too.

Very simple, inexpensive.

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Ok, but gimme a picture !

De-flater needles might be longer...

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Here is what a Parlor Guitar is for!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEa8PkjO6_I

don't got a picture handy.

Here's Frank Ford's setup. Look down the page a bit for his pictures.

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