jaycee Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 (edited) Here is something I came up with to clamp the top and back on, as yet I cannot see why it won,t work with a little refining and would not take a lot of time , money as most builders of acoustics use moulds in thier builds. Forgive the drawing it's the best I could do in paint. Here's how it works, you drill a set of holes into the mould put in the holes threaded inserts, make cauls, drill through one end to attatch to the mould with the right sized bolts. As you tighten the bolts the top gets clamped to the sides, it may take a little tweaking to get the pressure /angle right but i'm sure someone could work out a way to solve that. Edited January 7, 2009 by jaycee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Abbett Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 One word.. Wing Nuts.. Ok, two words.. You also want to put a wooden or plastic ring around the top edge of the guitar, you don't want to indent that soft top. -John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaycee Posted January 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 On the clamping cauls that stewmac sell they have cork which would do the trick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo Posted January 8, 2009 Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 That looks like a good idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pariah223 Posted January 8, 2009 Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 In my 2 acoustic builds.. i have used home made spool clamps which were really cheap and really effective to glue my tops and backs to the sides... only issue with this, that yours may solve is that if your not extremely careful, your sides can skew a little bit. Arnt threaded inserts pretty expensive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaycee Posted January 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 (edited) In my 2 acoustic builds.. i have used home made spool clamps which were really cheap and really effective to glue my tops and backs to the sides... only issue with this, that yours may solve is that if your not extremely careful, your sides can skew a little bit. Arnt threaded inserts pretty expensive? That's what I used on my one as well, homemade spool clamps. The problem I found here in the UK is the availability of the threaded inserts in small quantities. I managed to track down a firm talked to one of the guys there and he sent me about a 12, 6mm and 8mm threads in headed and non headed types as samples once I explained what I wanted them for (neck bolt on) in large quantities they work out about 50p each Just had a look on ebay works out at $11 for 50 delivered Edited January 8, 2009 by jaycee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R. True Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 I wouldn't use threaded inserts, just drill and tap the mold, just drill down 1/2-1" and you'd be fine. you won't pull out the all thread by the force needed to clamp down the top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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