How To Repair Cracly 1/4 Instrumenyjacks

Repair cracks in tops and sides of an acoustic guitar.

These tools are for repairing stubborn cracks, splits and punctures in acoustic guitars.

Use this kit to:

• Pull two sides of a split together and so they're level and set for repair
• Pull crunches and punctures into shape for gluing
• Create thin, compatible repair cleats (patches)
• Clamp and mucilage cleats in place

Fissure repair using wooden repair cleats

Our hardened-steel Cleat Cutter creates thin round cleats of wood to be glued across a crack on the inside of a guitar. The Crack Clamp uses a thin wire to pull the cleat into place. The cleat'southward woodgrain runs across the crack, not parallel to information technology, creating a strong repair that's besides very small.

How to employ the crack repair tools

Cut your repair cleats from matching wood

Use the Cleat Cutter in a drill press to make cleats from forest that's like to what you're repairing. The thickness of the wood should be no less than 3/32" and no more than 1/8".

Make a caul to level the sides of the crack

On the outside of the repair, a caul applies even force per unit area to brand both sides of the crack uniformly level. Every crack repair is different in length and shape, so each repair chore needs a caul that's sized to fit. Y'all'll need to brand a caul shaped to fit your repair.

Brand cauls out of acrylic, or forest wrapped in nonstick plastic or waxed paper. The size depends on the shape of the fissure and whether it requires i Crack Clamp or several.

Proceed the surfaces clean

Inspect the crack for dirt, lacquer chips or other debris. Use compressed air to remove particles.

Thread the wire

Put a brusque length of our .014" wire supplied into the pin vise, leaving about 1/4" exposed. Use this to pierce a hole through the crack where the Crack Clench will be placed.

Cutting a piece of wire long plenty to run in through the pierced pigsty and back out through the guitar's soundhole. A piece of tape on this wire will keep it from slipping into the guitar.

Thread a wooden cleat onto the terminate of the wire. The not-beveled side is the gluing surface that will contact the repair.

Add the brass anchor. Thread the wire through lengthwise, then add a couple loops through the cross holes to secure it.

Do a dry out run

At this stage, do dry-clamp test. A dry run shows yous how much tension it takes to shut the crack. Find this out before applying glue, so you have no surprises after when working fast with moisture glue.

Pump mucilage into the crack

Work gum into the crevice from the outside, using the air gun. Pressure of 10psi is sufficient to push well-nigh glues. Don't overdo the pressure: you don't want mucilage running out the opposite side of the repair. Paper towels inside the guitar will grab drips. Make clean up whatsoever excess gum, inside and outside.

Gum the cleat

Employ glue to the cleat and pull the wire to bring the cleat into contact with the crevice on the inside of the guitar.

Tighten the Cleft Clamp

On the outside, thread the caul onto the wire. Wrap the wire around the tuner shaft and carefully tighten the wire, pulling the cleft together until the two sides are level.

You want the grain on the cleat to sit down at approximately 45 degrees to the crack, providing forcefulness to resist the forces that created the crack originally. Employ a mirror inside the guitar to see that it'south oriented this way earlier you finish tightening. Make clean upwardly whatever mucilage squeezeout.

When your glue has dried, the crack repair is complete, with the small wooden cleat(s) holding it shut permanently.

The small pigsty left past the wire can be patched with glue or matching filler. After removing the clamp and wire there will be a small pigsty(due south) left from where the wire passed through the repair if it was a tight crack. This hole can be patched with gum or matching filler.

Sometimes, a scissure that'southward been repaired is even so missing bits of wood. A gap like this can be filled with a sliver of matching wood or forest filler.

Source: https://www.stewmac.com/video-and-ideas/online-resources/learn-about-repair-tools-and-repair-techniques/stewmac-crack-repair-tool-instructions/

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