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The newest Luthier Tips du Jour instructional video is on Youtube. The topic is Truss Rods. Subtitles are available in both English and Portuguese and you can translate them into any other language by using the CC option on Youtube.
As always, comments and discussion are welcome.
Enjoy!

Another very nice video Robbie.

I liked the router table adjustment too.

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Great video, as always Robbie. The production and pace of these instructionals is superb. Thanks for continuing to do them. They have saved me from a lot of heartache.

Nice job Robbie!

Best regards

Ken McKay

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Ken

Thanks. They're always informative. A little off the topic, but I noticed the neck on the adjustment at peghead neck was laminated and a stack heel. If you're ever lost for a "tips du jour" I, for one, would like to see your technique to ensure laminate line up.

Thanks Again for the Effort,
Danny

Thanks everyone. I am glad you are finding the videos useful.
Danny,
I actually will have a video coming out on neck blanks in the next few weeks. However, it doesn't cover the laminated neck. It covers how to make necks from a 24 inch neck blank with a heel block and also how to use a 35 inch blank to make a neck with a stacked heel. When laminating your neck you need to decide whether to run the laminated portion through the scarf joint and heel block or just the straight part of the neck. Once this is decided you can decide how to proceed with the lamination.

Epoxy is what most folks use cause you are gluing metal to wood. If you don't get too happy with the glue you won't have a problem with locking up the threads with glue. Use it sparingly. It doesn't take much.

Chris, you can use Titebond (or whatever PVA) as well. The most important thing is that the shim gets glued to the inner walls of the channel, and is fully compressed in the middle. Gluing it to the top of the rod is not very important, IMO, but could be a tiny bit of extra protection against any rattle. Just be sure to keep any glue/adhesive away from the threads. Again, it's the middle part that's most important to adhere.

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Mike

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Thanks Robbie,

I always enjoy your tutorials.

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Bill Hodge


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