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Sorry, Brian. I did misunderstand. The following should clarify:

To answer Paul's question, too, I don't use vinegar (I think this is something left over from the hide glue days?), but rather a flexible heating strip from Watlow Heaters (St. Louis, MO) with a rheostat to control heat. I cover half the back at once, heat it for an hour or so, then carefully pry with a sharp chisel. A bit of working around it with hardwood wedges, and one half is done. Repeat for other half. For some reason the tailblock wouldn't respond and I ended up chipping it, but the chip was glued back into palce and it's as good as new.

Anyway, fretboard next+ sparkly inlays...

Hi Paul,

Thanks for the follow up and the information. I was wondering how you separated the joints. I just used the hot vinegar method to loosen the glue joints on a pair of antique Mission style chairs that I'm repairing. I'm worked like a charm, but I was using the technique based on information I read in a furniture repair book, and the chairs that I'm repairing are oak, rather than maple, and a chair is not a fine instrument in any case!

I used to collect Mission-style furniture, Paul. I still own a one-of-a-kind unbrella stand grandfather clock made by Judson Studios in LA for a Greene & Greene house in Pasadena. It used to be in my California bungalow in Highland Park decades ago, but has since migrated to my apartment in Brasil.

Amazing work as always, Paul. Should be an absolute cracker when completed!!

Naw, Aitch...it was a cracker when I started...see first photographs (above)...

jingle_jangle wrote:Naw, Aitch...it was a cracker when I started...see first photographs (above)...

Had me splitting at the seams!

scotty wrote:Had me splitting at the seams!

It did kinda crack me up too. But not as much as the guitar.

Can't wait to see this one all done. F's get me all...hot and bothered...

Hmmm.cracker...hot and bothered...this one seems to bring out the ID in some folks...

Really cool, Paul! I just love these step-by-step restoration threads.... Good stuff!

Brings back some happy memories....

Me too. You had a busy beginning of the week documenting and sharing your progress. As always, great work and thanks for feeding our need to watch it all happen.

And a busy couple of weeks (interrupted by the flu) getting the work done.

Nice work, Paul. Looking forward to the finished product.

Beware the CME.

I want to buy a 365 F and play it while sitting in my newly repaired Mission style chairs

Hopefully, they're armless...